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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	breeding (1990)	1,200 pairs	A4i, B1i
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	breeding (1990–1995)	1,000 pairs	B1i
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	breeding (1999)	30–200 pairs	A4i, B1i, B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (1995)	1,000,000–1,500,000 birds	A4iii

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Il'menno-bugrovoi	Zakaznik (IV)	1
-	Bugor Chertovo Gorodische	Nature Monument (III)	-
-	Dendropark kurorta Tinaki-1	Nature Monument (III)	-
1975	Kaspiyskiy	Zakaznik (IV)	4
1983	Karabulakskiy	Nature Monument (III)	-
1985	Ozero Tinaki	Nature Monument (III)	-
1985	Ozero Lechebnoe	Nature Monument (III)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Desert	57	Semidesert
Artificial/Terrestrial	20	Arable land
Wetlands (inland)	13	Standing freshwater; Standing brackish and salt water

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	90
agriculture	85
fisheries/aquaculture	18
tourism/recreation	3

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Western Ilmen area (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/western-ilmen-area-iba-russia-(european) on 26/12/2024.