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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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding (1996)	40 pairs	A1
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	winter (1996)	10–15 birds	A1
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla	LC	breeding (1996)	200–500 pairs	B2
Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	LC	breeding (1996)	3,000 pairs	B3
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin	LC	breeding (1996)	2,500–5,000 pairs	B3
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	LC	breeding (1996)	6,000 pairs	B3
Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia	LC	breeding (1996)	1,600 pairs	B3
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis	LC	breeding (1996)	5,000–10,000 pairs	B3
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus	LC	breeding (1996)	700–1,600 pairs	B2
European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	LC	breeding (1996)	400–2,000 pairs	B3
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding (1996)	100 pairs	B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Rodnik Verkhovoi	Nature Monument (III)	-
-	Bakhilovskie slepyshovye opushki	Nature Monument (III)	-
1927	Zhegulevsky	Zapovednik (Ia)	100
1984	Samarskaya Luka	National Park (II)	22
1984	Kamennaya chasha	Nature Monument (III)	-
1984	Ozero Serebryanka	Nature Monument (III)	-
2006	Middle Volga	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	100

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

Name	Year formed
Caretaker of Zhigulevski Zapovednik	2002

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please visit Spotlight on local empowerment.

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	94

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zhigulevski Nature Reserve (Russia (European)). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zhigulevski-nature-reserve-iba-russia-(european) on 22/12/2024.