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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1996	4-20 breeding pairs	A1
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1996	200-600 individuals	B1i
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	breeding	1996	2 breeding pairs	A1
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	1985	1 breeding pairs	B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Boloto Mokhovoe-Dolgoe	Nature Monument	<1
-	Boloto Mokhovoe-IX	Nature Monument	-
-	Boloto Mokhovoe-VIII	Nature Monument	-
1985	Sursky	Zakaznik (Federal)	40
1989	Ozero Picherskoe s reliktovymi lesami	Nature Monument	1
1996	Boloto Konskoe	Nature Monument	<1

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Caretakers of Mezhdurech'ye Sury i Barysha	2002

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		85
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	7
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	7
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Raised bogs, Standing freshwater	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	85
nature conservation and research	57
hunting	40
agriculture	16

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Watershed between Sura and Barysh rivers (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/watershed-between-sura-and-barysh-rivers-iba-russia-(european) on 23/11/2024.