Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2002
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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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.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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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) |
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Wetlands (inland) | - | |
Artificial/Terrestrial | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
forestry | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
water management | - |
not utilised | - |
other | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lake Kis-Balaton. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 12/08/2022.