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The site was identified as important in 2006 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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	breeding	1993-1998	1-10 breeding pairs	A1
Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius	CR	breeding	1991-1997	5-10 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni	NT	breeding	2004	30-35 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	breeding	1998-2004	3-8 breeding pairs	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	2004	20-25 breeding pairs	A1, A3
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	NT	breeding	2004	2-10 breeding pairs	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2006) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Volchikhinskiy	Zakaznik	2
-	Ozero Pes'yanoe	Nature Monument	-
-	Volchikhinski	Zakaznik	3
-	Urochishche Lyapunikha	Zakaznik	<1
-	Sosnovyi Bor, Uglovskiy Rayon	Nature Monument	-
-	Malinovoe Ozero	Nature Monument	-
-	Priborovaya Steppe (Malyshev Lug)	Nature Monument	-
-	Grishin Borok	Nature Monument	-
1973	Egor'evskiy	Zakaznik	1
1978	Ozero Gor'koe	Nature Monument	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		55
Grassland		20
Artificial/Terrestrial		15
Wetlands (inland)		6
Unknown		4

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	90
forestry	55
agriculture	33
nature conservation and research	7
urban/industrial/transport	2

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Uzkaya Steppe (Russia (Central Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/uzkaya-steppe-iba-russia-(central-asian) on 23/11/2024.