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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	1996	10-12 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus	LC	resident	2005	10 breeding pairs	B2, C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	1998	5-10 breeding pairs	C6
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes	LC	breeding	2005	4 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	resident	2005	15-20 breeding pairs	B2
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	LC	resident	1996	20-35 breeding pairs	B2
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria	LC	breeding	1996	100-120 breeding pairs	C6

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

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Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Vodopad Skoka na reka Belilkata	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	0	protected area contained by site	0
Tektonski greben-Kaleto	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	57	protected area contained by site	0
Svirchovitza	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	2	protected area contained by site	0
Strupanitza	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	13	protected area contained by site	0
Skalno obrazuvanie Kuklite	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	11	protected area contained by site	0
Skalnite kukli	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	64	protected area contained by site	0
Shtarka	Zashtitena Mestnost	1	protected area contained by site	0
Samuilitza edno I dve	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	4	protected area contained by site	0
Prohodna	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	2	protected area contained by site	0
Kupenite	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	4	protected area contained by site	0
Karlukovski karstov kompleks	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	11	protected area contained by site	0
Karlukovski karst	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	14,211	is identical to site	14,209
Karlukovo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	28,842	protected area overlaps with site	13,062
Kamarata	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	1	protected area contained by site	0
Haydushka dupka	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	3	protected area contained by site	0
Galabarnika	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	4	protected area contained by site	0
Chuklite	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	1	protected area contained by site	0
Chervenitza	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	3	protected area contained by site	0
Bankovitza	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	3	protected area contained by site	0

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Karlukovski Karst. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/18990 on 30/05/2023.