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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2005

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	resident	1996	50-485 breeding pairs	C6
Ural Owl Strix uralensis	LC	resident	1996	4 breeding pairs	C6
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus	LC	resident	1996	11 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	breeding	1996	5 breeding pairs	C6
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	1996	11-107 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla	LC	breeding	1996	32-290 breeding pairs	B2
Eurasian Green Woodpecker Picus viridis	LC	resident	1996	60-480 breeding pairs	B2
White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos	LC	resident	1996	9-80 breeding pairs	C6
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor	LC	breeding	1996	22-186 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	resident	1996	430-4,030 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	LC	breeding	1996	2,050-20,550 breeding pairs	B3
Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	LC	resident	1996	5,120-39,450 breeding pairs	B3
European Robin Erithacus rubecula	LC	resident	1996	5,800-53,600 breeding pairs	B3
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva	LC	breeding	1998	25-250 breeding pairs	C6
Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	LC	resident	1996	17,200-58,880 breeding pairs	B3
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding	1996	220-980 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)
Vran kamak	Zashtitena Mestnost	61	protected area contained by site	0
Venetsa	Zashtitena Mestnost	100	protected area contained by site	0
Varlishnitsa	Zashtitena Mestnost	190	protected area contained by site	0
Turchanov kamak	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	17	protected area contained by site	0
Tsentralen Balkan - bufer	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	138,364	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Srednogorets	Zashtitena Mestnost	16	protected area contained by site	0
Srednata poliana	Zashtitena Mestnost	17	protected area contained by site	0
Sredna gora	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	110,374	protected area overlaps with site	83,155
Sredna gora	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	99,062	is identical to site	99,062
Smilovene	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	2	protected area contained by site	0
Skalno obrazuvanie	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	42	protected area contained by site	0
Skalno obrazuvanie	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	42	protected area contained by site	0
Sivata gramada	Zashtitena Mestnost	16	protected area contained by site	0
Sakaradja	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	10	protected area contained by site	0
Reka Stryama	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4,078	protected area overlaps with site	248
Reka Pyasachnik	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,880	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Oborishte	Zashtitena Mestnost	204	protected area contained by site	0
Nevida	Zashtitena Mestnost	121	protected area contained by site	0
Manzul	Zashtitena Mestnost	37	protected area contained by site	0
Konskoto dere	Zashtitena Mestnost	8	protected area contained by site	0
Kiselitzata	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	60	protected area contained by site	0
Kazanite	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	2	protected area contained by site	0
Haydushki kladenets	Zashtitena Mestnost	65	protected area contained by site	0
Grekinski giol	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	26	protected area contained by site	0
Goranitza	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	47	protected area contained by site	0
Garvanov kamak	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	18	protected area contained by site	0
Dushkov pchelin	Zashtitena Mestnost	7	protected area contained by site	0
Donkina gora	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	16	protected area contained by site	0
Dabite-Konska poliana	Zashtitena Mestnost	292	protected area contained by site	0
Chivira	Zashtitena Mestnost	88	protected area contained by site	0
Bratiya	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	3	protected area contained by site	0
Bogdan	Poddarzhan Rezarvat	113	protected area contained by site	0
Bich	Zashtitena Mestnost	2	protected area contained by site	0
Barikadite	Zashtitena Mestnost	120	protected area contained by site	0

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Sredna Gora. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/03/2023.