Important Bird Areas in Europe – Ukraine ■ UKRAINE ALEXANDER MIKITYUK Steppe habitat, Bagerovo (IBA 102). (PHOTO: PAUL GORIUP) GENERAL INTRODUCTION country, brackish, fresh and saline wetlands along the coastal zone of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, and a variety of steppe areas in Ukraine has a land area of 603,700 km2, and is bounded to the the south and south-west. As a result of this landscape diversity, west by Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland, to the north by biological diversity is also high. Belarus, to the east by Russia, and to the south by Moldova and Twenty-seven IBAs were identified in Ukraine in the first pan- the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. The human population is 51.6 European IBA inventory (Grimmett and Jones 1989). The revision million, giving an average density of 85 persons/km2. The country of the IBA criteria since 1989 has resulted in two of these 27 original has 102 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) covering 20,323 km2, sites (former sites SU046 and SU049) being merged (to form current equivalent to 3.4% of the national land area (Table 1, Map 1). site 067), three of the 27 (former sites SU052-1, SU054, SU055) Ukraine lies between the latitudes of 53°N and 44°N, spanning three being divided into several new IBAs, and two of the 27 no longer major vegetation zones, from forest in the north through forest- qualifying as IBAs (see Table 1). Organized surveys, literature steppe to steppe in the south. Landscapes are highly diverse, with searches and collaboration with other organizations during 1994– the Carpathian mountains in the west, the Crimean mountains in 1998 have resulted in a further 76 IBAs being identified in Ukraine, the south, extensive peatlands along the River Prip’yat flood-plain, the majority of which lie in the south of the country and in the forests in the north (mixed or pine Pinus-dominated), river-valley river-basins of the Dnepr, Prip’yat, Desna, Dnestr and Severskiy habitats in the forest-steppe and steppe zones in the centre of the Donec rivers (Table 1, Map 1). Table 1. Summary of Important Bird Areas in Ukraine. 102 IBAs covering 20,323 km2 IBA 1989 code code International name National name Administrative region Area (ha) Criteria (see p. 11) 001 SU033 Shatsk National Park Shatskiye Ozera Volin 32,850 A1, A4i, B1i, B2, B3 002 — Zapadniy Bug river valley Doluna r. Zakhidnuy Bug Volin 1,450 A1 003 — Orikhivski lake-system Grupa Orikhivskukh ozer Volin 3,000 B2 004 — Turiya river valley Zaplava reki Turiya Volin 7,900 A1, B2, B3 005 — River Prip’yat valley Valley of r. Prip’yat Volin 12,500 A1, A4i, B1i, B2, B3 006 — Cheremske mire Boloto Cheremske Volin 3,007 B1i 007 — Stokhod river valley Zaplava richku Stokhid Volin 17,800 A1, A4i, B1i, B2, B3 008 — Sira Pogonya mire Boloto Sira Pogonya Rivne 12,718 A1, B2 009 SU034 Polesskiy Nature Reserve Polesski Zhitomyr 20,104 B2 010 — Ushomirskoe Game Reserve Okhotnichie khozyaistvo Ushomir Zhitomyr 70,300 A1, B2 011 — Novograd–Volunskoe Game Reserve Okhotnichie khozyaistvo Novograd–Volunskoe Zhitomyr 70,730 A1, B2 012 — Korostushevskoe Game Reserve Korostushevskoe okhotnichie khozyaistvo Zhitomyr 44,130 A1, B1i, B2 013 — Radomyshlskoe Game Reserve Okhotnichie khozyaistvo Radomushlskoe Zhitomyr 28,400 A1, B2 691 Important Bird Areas in Europe – Ukraine Table 1 ... continued. Summary of Important Bird Areas in Ukraine. 102 IBAs covering 20,323 km2 IBA 1989 code code International name National name Administrative region Area (ha) Criteria (see p. 11) 014 — Dneprovsko-Teterevskoe Game Reserve Dneprovsko-Teterevskoe okhotnichie khozyaistvo Kiev 30,627 A1, B2 015 — Kiev reservoir Verhovie Kievskogo vodokhranilishche Kiev 102,400 A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B1ii, B2 016 — Meadows near Procev village Lug u sela Procev Kiev 7,600 A1, B2 017 — Rzhycshevskoe Game Reserve Rzhycshevskoe okhotnichie khozyaistvo Kiev 52,800 A1, B2 018 SU035 Kanev reservoir Kanevskoye Vodokhranilishche Kiev 200 B1i 019 — Supoy marsh Usovskiy zakaznik Kiev 6,400 A1, B2 020 — Forests in Dnepr and Desna valley Forests in Dnepr and Desna valley Chernigov 120,000 A1, B2, B3 lowlands lowlands 021 — Bondar marsh Bondarevskoe boloto Chernigov 6,400 A1, B2 022 — Korotchenkov meadows Korotchenkovo–Tshulatovckiy lug Sumy 10,000 A1, A4i, B1i, B2, B3 023 — Peschanskiy and Mogrichskiy forest Pescanskoe i Mogrichskoe lesnichestva Sumy 11,600 A1 024 — Chaykovichi marsh Boloto Chaykovichi Lvov 8,300 A1, B2, B3 025 — Ikva river valley Doluna r. Ikva Khmelnitskaya 83,500 A4i, B1i, B2 026 — Vovk river valley near Derazhnya village Doluna richku Vovk bilya sela Derazhnya Khmelnitskaya 1,270 B2 027 — Mikulinetskie fish-ponds Mikulinetskie prudy Vinnitsa 2,000 A1, B1i, B2, B3 028 SU036 Kanev Nature Reserve Kanev Cherkasu 2,027 A1, B1i 029 — Uday river valley Plavni reki Uday Poltava 30,000 A4i, B1i, B2, B3 030 — Krasnue marsh Bolota Krasnue Poltava 10,000 A1, B1i, B2 031 — Sula bay, Kremenchug reservoir Sula bay Poltava 27,440 B1i, B2 032 — Psel river valley near Komsomolsk Zaplava r. Psel Poltava 4,700 A1 033 — Bodakovskoe marsh Boloto Bodakivskoe Poltava 1,500 A4i, B1i, B2 034 — Meadows near Saru village in the Psel Lug u sela Saru v doline reki Psel Poltava 1,200 A1, B2 river valley 035 — Veluke marsh Boloto Veluke Poltava 1,000 B2 036 — Dneprovsko-Orelskiy Nature Reserve Dneprovsko-Orelskiy prirodniy zapovednik Dnepropetrovskaya 3,766 A1, B2 037 — Orel river valley Dolina r. Orel Dnepropetrovskaya 12,000 A1, A4i, B1i, B2, B3 038 — Samarskiy forest Samarskiy les Dnepropetrovskaya 19,920 A1, A4i, B1i, B2, B3 039 — Soleniy liman Ozero Soleniy Liman Dnepropetrovskaya 500 B1i 040 — Debalcevskoe lake Debalcevskiy liman Dnepropetrovskaya 300 B1i, B2 041 — Petropavlovskiy marsh Petropavlovskiy liman Dnepropetrovskaya 270 B1i 042 — Bolshemikhailovskiy forest Bolshemikhailovskiy les Dnepropetrovskaya 1,079 B2 043 — Samara river valley Dolina r. Samara Kharkov 1,700 A1 044 — Mzha river valley Dolina r. Mzha Kharkov 7,200 A1, A4i, B1i, B2, B3 045 — Liman lake-system Sistema ozer Liman Kharkov 4,730 A1, B1i, B2, B3 046 — Pechenezhskoe reservoir Pechenezhskoe vodokhranilishche Kharkov 1,600 B2 047 — Bakhtin river valley Poyma r. Bakhtin Kharkov 1,000 A1 048 — Izyumskaya Luka forest Izyumskaya Luka les Kharkov 32,850 A1, B2 049 — Kremenskoy forest Kremenskoy Les Lugansk 20,000 A1, B2, B3 050 — Stanichno-Luganskoe fish-farm Stanichno-Luganskiy rubkhoz Lugansk 2,000 B2 051 — Latorica river valley near Chop Prichopskaya dolina r. Latorica Zakarpatie 7,000 A1, B1i, B2 052 — Carpathian Volkano mountains Vulkanicheskiy khrebet Zakarpatie 134,400 B2, B3 053 SU032 Carpathian Biosphere Reserve Karpatski Zakarpatie 12,507 B2, B3 054 — Gorgany Gorganu Zakarpatie 75,200 B2, B3 055 — Fish-ponds near Kukilniku and Bilshivtci Ruborozplidni stavu Ivano–Frankovsk 1,000 A4i, B1i, B2 villages 056 — Burshtyn reservoir Burshtunskoe vodokhranilishche Ivano–Frankovsk 1,600 B1i 057 — Dnestr valley between Staruy Martuniv Richka Dnister mizh selamu Staruy Martuniv Ivano–Frankovsk 3,000 B1i and Marinopil villages ta Marunopil 058 — Klivodin Protected Locality Klivodinskiy ornitologicheskiy zakaznik Chernivtci 50 A4i, B1i, B2 059 — Derkul river valley Dolina r. Derkul Chernivtci 700 A1 060 — Dgulin lake Ozero Dgulin Chernivtci 50 B2 061 — Dranitckiy Protected Locality Dranickiy ornitilogichniy zakaznik Chernivtci 100 B2 062 — Ingul river valley Khristoforovskie plavni Nikolaev 1,000 B1i, B2 063 — Kinburn peninsula Kinburskaya kosa Nikolaev 4,000 A4i, B1i, B2 064 SU050 Lower Dnepr Nizovya Dnepra Kherson 26,000 A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2 065 SU052 Yagorlytskiy and Tendrovskiy Bays Yagorlytski and Tendrovski Zaliv Kherson 72,000 A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, B3 066 — Kakhovsk reservoir Ostrov Kozackiy, Kakhovsloe vodokhranilicshe Kherson 1,000 A1, B1i, B2 067 SU046, Karkinitskiy and Dzharilgatchskiy Bays Karkinitskiy i Dzharilgatchkiy zaliv Kherson 87,000 A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2 SU049 068 SU051 Askania-Nova Biosphere Reserve Askania-Nova Kherson 33,307 A1, A3, A4i, A4iii, A4iv, B1i, B1iv 069 SU044 Sivash Bay, Sea of Azov Sivash Zaliv, Azovskoye More Crimea, Kherson 245,000 A1, A3, A4i, A4iii, A4iv, B1i, B1iv, B2, B3 070 — Utlyuk estuary Utlyukskiy liman Zaporozhie 75,200 A4i, A4iii, B1i 071 SU043 Molochniy liman Molochny Liman Zaporozhie 22,450 A4i, A4iii, B1i, B3 072 — Molochnaya river valley Dolina r. Molochnaya Zaporozhie 3,800 A4i, B1i, B2, B3 073 SU042 Obitochnaya peninsula Obitochnaya Kosa Zaporozhie 2,000 A4i, B1i 692 Important Bird Areas in Europe – Ukraine Table 1 ... continued. Summary of Important Bird Areas in Ukraine. 102 IBAs covering 20,323 km2 IBA 1989 code code International name National name Administrative region Area (ha) Criteria (see p. 11) 074 — Elanchik river valley Dolina reki Elanchik Donetsk 400 B1i, B2 075 SU038 Ukrainian Steppe Nature Reserve Ukrainskiy Stepnoy Zapovednik Donetsk 1,134 A1, B2 076 SU040 Belosarayskaya peninsula Belosarayskaya Kosa Donetsk 2,000 A4i, B1i, B2 077 SU041 Berdyanskaya peninsula Berdyanskaya Kosa Zaporozhie 1,800 A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2 078 SU039 Krivaya peninsula Krivaya Kosa Donetsk 8,800 A4i, B1i, B2 079 — Mokrye Yasli forestry plantation Urochicshe Mokrue Yasli Odessa 500 B2 080 — Kagul lake Ozero Kagul Odessa 10,500 A4iii 081 — Kugurluy and Kartal lakes Ozera Kugurluy i Kartal Odessa 19,200 A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2 082 — River Danube Ruslo r. Dunay Odessa 2,500 A4i, A4iii, B1i 083 — Kitaj lakes Ozero Kitaj Odessa 5,000 A4i, A4iii, B1i 084 — Zhebriyanovskie plavni Zhebriyanovskie plavni Odessa 6,800 A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, B3 085 — Sasuk lake Ozero Sasuk Odessa 22,800 A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2 086 — Jansheisk lakes Jansheiskie ozera Odessa 1,000 B1i 087 — Shagany–Alibey–Burnas lake-system Sistema ozer Shagany–Alibey–Burnas Odessa 19,200 A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2 088 — Zmeinuy island Ostrov Zmeinuy Odessa 17 A1, A4i, B1i 089 — Budakskiy estuary Budakskiy liman Odessa 2,700 A4i, B1i 090 — Kuyalnik estuary Kuyalnitskiy liman Odessa 7,000 B1i, B2, B3 091 — Dnestr delta Dnestr delta Odessa 27,600 A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2 092 SU053 Tiligul estuary Tiligulski Liman Odessa, Nikolaev 11,000 A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2 093 — Cape Uret Mys Uret Crimea 9,600 B1i 094 — Tarkhankut peninsula Tarkhankutskiy poluostrov Crimea 4,200 B1i, B2 095 — Lake near Magazinka village Lake near v.