The site was identified as important in 2011 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 |
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Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax | LC | breeding | 2001-2011 | 5-10 breeding pairs | C6 |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo | LC | breeding | 1999-2010 | max 12 breeding pairs | C6 |
Black Kite Milvus migrans | LC | breeding | 2008 | 2 breeding pairs | C6 |
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis | LC | breeding | 2008 | 13 breeding pairs | C6 |
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2011).
Protected area (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
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Vrbina | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 274 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Vrbina | posebno varstveno območje | 274 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Spodnja Sava | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 0 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Spodnja Sava | posebno varstveno območje | 127 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Sotla S Pritoki | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 549 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Sotla s pritoki | posebno varstveno območje | 549 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Sava od Radeč do državne meje | ekološko pomembno območje | 2,859 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Jovsi | ekološko pomembno območje | 3,003 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Brežice - park ob ulici 21. maja | spomenik oblikovane narave | 0 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Brežice - park med Dobovsko cesto in Ulico pod obzidjem | spomenik oblikovane narave | 1 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Brežice - kostanjev drevored ob Prešernovi cesti | spomenik oblikovane narave | 0 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Spodnja Sava. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/spodnja-sava-iba-slovenia on 30/09/2023.