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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2002

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	winter	1997-2000	800-10,500 individuals	C3
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter	1997-2000	10,000-30,000 individuals	C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	winter	1997-2000	3,000-8,000 individuals	C3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	winter	1997-2000	1,250 individuals	C3
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding	1997-2000	40-50 breeding pairs	C1, C6
Common Coot Fulica atra	LC	winter	1997-2000	30,000 individuals	C3
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1997-2000	20 breeding pairs	C2
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1997-2000	75 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	1997-2000	20-25 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	1997-2000	40-50 breeding pairs	C6
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	breeding	1997-2000	250 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	breeding	1997-2000	10 breeding pairs	C1, C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	1997-2000	300 breeding pairs	C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	1997-2000	100-200 breeding pairs	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1997-2000	250-300 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	1997-2000	40 breeding pairs	C6
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon	LC	breeding	1997-2000	30 breeding pairs	C6

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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Kis-Balaton	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	13,344	protected area overlaps with site	9,940
Kis-Balaton	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	14,745	protected area overlaps with site	14,745
Kis-Balaton	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	13,344	protected area overlaps with site	0
Balaton-felvidéki	Nemzeti Park	59,370	protected area overlaps with site	14,745
Alsó-Zala-völgy	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6,552	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-
not utilised	-
other	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lake Kis-Balaton. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 12/08/2022.