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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
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1998	800-900 individuals	B1i
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1998	1,000-2,000 individuals	B1i
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1998	100-120 breeding pairs	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	1998	2-3 breeding pairs	A1
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	passage	1999	20-25 individuals	A1
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	passage	1999	15 individuals	A1

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
1965	Surnarskiy	Zakaznik	20
1972	Istoki Kazanki	Nature Monument	-
1978	Reka Shoshma	Nature Monument	5
1978	Reka Kazanka	Nature Monument	1
1987	Rukotvornyi les	Nature Monument	-
2001	Baltasinski	Zakaznik	5

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations, Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Other urban and industrial areas	66
Forest	Mixed woodland, Native coniferous woodland	25
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	3
Shrubland		2
Unknown		2
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires and springs, Rivers and streams	2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	62
nature conservation and research	29
forestry	27
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Watershed of Kazanka and Shoshma rivers (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/watershed-of-kazanka-and-shoshma-rivers-iba-russia-(european) on 26/11/2024.