BG081
Maritsa-Parvomay


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2005 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species Current IUCN Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes LC breeding 1996 4 breeding pairs C6
Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus LC breeding 1996 56 breeding pairs B2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2005).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Trakia State Game Husbandries 83,390 protected area is adjacent to site 0
Sharenia ostrov Zashtitena Mestnost 1 protected area contained by site 0
Reka Omurovska Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 532 protected area is adjacent to site 0
Reka Mechka Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 3,311 protected area overlaps with site 0
Reka Maritsa Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 14,693 protected area overlaps with site 2,930
Reka Kayaliyka Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 71 protected area overlaps with site 4
Popovata ada Zashtitena Mestnost 18 protected area contained by site 0
Nahodishte na blatno kokiche Vinitsa Zashtitena Mestnost 18 protected area contained by site 0
Nahodishte na blatno kokiche Gradina Zashtitena Mestnost 234 protected area contained by site 0
Maritsa - Parvomay Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 11,513 is identical to site 11,505
Gradinska gora Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 440 protected area contained by site 440
Fosilni nahodki Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost 9,100 protected area overlaps with site 0


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Maritsa-Parvomay. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/maritsa-parvomay-iba-bulgaria on 28/09/2023.