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The site was identified as important in 2019 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
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident	2017-2019	30-40 breeding pairs	A3
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush Monticola saxatilis	LC	breeding	2017-2019	15-20 breeding pairs	B1b
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	breeding	2017-2019	2-3 breeding pairs	A3

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2019).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Suva planina	Special Nature Reserve	31,860	protected area overlaps with site	17,180
Suva planiana	Rezervat prirode	18,117	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Treeline ecotone	-
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland, Mesophile grasslands	-
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)	Caves	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations, Ruderal land	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Suva mountain. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/suva-mountain-iba-serbia on 24/09/2023.