Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2013 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus |
LC |
winter (2012–2013) |
30,000–35,800 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan |
VU |
non-breeding (2012–2013) |
5,000–10,000 birds |
A1, A4ii, B1ii |
| Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
LC |
winter (2011–2012) |
10,000–30,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Slender-billed Gull Larus genei |
LC |
winter (2011–2012) |
5,000–10,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus |
LC |
winter (2012–2013) |
100,000–180,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans |
LC |
winter (2011–2012) |
10,000–20,000 birds |
B1i |
| Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus |
LC |
breeding (2010) |
9–10 pairs |
B2 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (2012–2013) |
195,000–300,000 birds |
A4iii |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| - |
Bol'shoi Utrish
|
Zakaznik (IV) |
14 |
| 1993 |
Abrausskiy
|
Zakaznik (IV) |
34 |
| 2010 |
Utrish |
Zapovednik (-) |
47 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
78 |
|
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
22 |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| nature conservation and research |
80 |
| tourism/recreation |
20 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Utrish Reserve and adjacent coastal waters (Russia (European)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/utrish-reserve-and-adjacent-coastal-waters-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.
