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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2008

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	1998	5-10 breeding pairs	B2
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2003	3 breeding pairs	B2
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	breeding	2005	100-200 breeding pairs	A3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	breeding	2007	10-20 breeding pairs	A3
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	resident	2004	30-50 breeding pairs	A3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis	LC	resident	2004	10-30 breeding pairs	A3

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Popova Shapka	Zastiteni podracja koi seuste ne se revidirani	5	protected area contained by site	0
Mavrovo	Zastiteni podracja koi seuste ne se revidirani	73,410	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas	-
Other		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Shar Planina Mountain. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 22/06/2021.