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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	40 breeding pairs	A1
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	winter	1996	10-15 individuals	A1
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla	LC	breeding	1996	200-500 breeding pairs	B2
Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	LC	breeding	1996	3,000 breeding pairs	B3
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin	LC	breeding	1996	2,500-5,000 breeding pairs	B3
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	LC	breeding	1996	6,000 breeding pairs	B3
Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia	LC	breeding	1996	1,600 breeding pairs	B3
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis	LC	breeding	1996	5,000-10,000 breeding pairs	B3
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus	LC	breeding	1996	700-1,600 breeding pairs	B2
European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	LC	breeding	1996	400-2,000 breeding pairs	B3
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding	1996	100 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
-	Bakhilovskie slepyshovye opushki	Nature Monument	-
-	Rodnik Verkhovoi	Nature Monument	-
1927	Zhegulevsky	Zapovednik	100
1984	Samarskaya Luka	National Park	22
1984	Kamennaya chasha	Nature Monument	-
1984	Ozero Serebryanka	Nature Monument	-
2006	Middle Volga	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	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 click here.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		94

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.