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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
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	resident	1996	2-3 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus	LC	resident	1996	15-17 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	resident	1996	1-3 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra	LC	resident	1996	100-150 breeding pairs	C6
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris	LC	breeding	1996	35-38 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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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - agro-industry farming	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - persecution/control	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Energy production and mining	mining and quarrying	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Grassland		0	0	very poor (< 40%)	very poor (< 40%)	very unfavourable

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Aquila heliaca	Eastern Imperial Eagle	6	4	individuals	67	unfavourable
Buteo rufinus	Long-legged Buzzard	19	7	breeding pairs	37	very unfavourable
Falco cherrug	Saker Falcon	2	0	individuals	0	very unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Reka Maritsa	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	14,693	protected area overlaps with site	1,194
Reka Luda Yana	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	474	protected area overlaps with site	37
Ognianovsko-Sinitevski rid	Zashtitena Mestnost	843	protected area contained by site	0
Nahodishte na atinska merendera selo Isperihovo	Zashtitena Mestnost	37	protected area contained by site	0
Besaparski vazvishenia	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6,743	protected area contained by site	6,743
Besaparski ridove	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	14,765	is identical to site	14,765

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland		-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Besaparski Hills. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 17/08/2022.