Utrish Reserve and adjacent coastal waters (Russia (European))

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Utrish Reserve and adjacent coastal waters

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	winter	2012-2013	30,000-35,800 individuals	A4i, B1i
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	non-breeding	2012-2013	5,000-10,000 individuals	A1, A4ii, B1ii
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter	2011-2012	10,000-30,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	winter	2011-2012	5,000-10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	LC	winter	2012-2013	100,000-180,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	LC	winter	2011-2012	10,000-20,000 individuals	B1i
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	2010	9-10 breeding pairs	B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	2012-2013	195,000-300,000 individuals	A4iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2013) may differ.

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Bol'shoi Utrish	Zakaznik	14
1993	Abrausskiy	Zakaznik	34
2010	Utrish	Zapovednik	47

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		78
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		22

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	80
tourism/recreation	20

Land ownership

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 22/11/2024.