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The site was identified as important in 2005 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
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	breeding	2004	600 breeding pairs	A3
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	breeding	2004	300 breeding pairs	A3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2000	250 breeding pairs	A1
Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala	LC	breeding	2004	180 breeding pairs	A3
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	breeding	2004	3-6 breeding pairs	A1
Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	2000	2 individuals	A1
Gray's Grasshopper-warbler Helopsaltes fasciolatus	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla	LC	breeding	2004	present	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1992	El'tsovskiy	Zakaznik	20
1993	Elcovskj	Zakaznik	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous, Mixed	80
Unknown		15
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers & streams, Fens, transition mires & springs	6
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	3
Grassland	Humid	2
Shrubland		2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	80
nature conservation and research	30
unknown	20
other	5
forestry	2

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yel'tsovskaya (Russia (Central Asian)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yeltsovskaya-iba-russia-(central-asian) on 22/11/2024.