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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	winter (1999)	20,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	breeding (1996)	13 pairs	B2
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	winter (1994)	500 birds	A1
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident (1996)	70 pairs	A1
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding (1996)	4 pairs	B2
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding (1996)	3 pairs	B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter (1999)	min 20,000 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1980	Gora Opuk ta ostrovi Skeli-Korabli	Zapovedne Urotchische (III)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	60	Arable land
Grassland	12	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland; Humid grasslands
Shrubland	5	Scrub
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	-

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	80
military	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Uzunlars'ke lake (Ukraine). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/uzunlarske-lake-iba-ukraine on 23/12/2024.