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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding	-	100-200 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	-	10-41 breeding pairs	B2
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	-	100-120 breeding pairs	B2
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding	-	5-31 breeding pairs	B2
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	-	10-43 breeding pairs	B2
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	-	200-423 breeding pairs	B2
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	-	5-22 breeding pairs	B2
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	-	144 breeding pairs	B2
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	resident	-	2,000 breeding pairs	A4i
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	resident	-	10-27 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Collared Sand Martin Riparia riparia	LC	breeding	-	4,000-4,700 breeding pairs	B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	-	20,000 individuals	A4iii

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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Veliki Pažut	Posebni rezervat	514	protected area contained by site	700
Repas Nature Park	Nature Park	3,886	protected area contained by site	0
Delta Neretve	Other Area	24,871	protected area contained by site	24,871

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Other urban and industrial areas	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
water management	-
hunting	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Alluvial wetlands of the River Drava. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 15/04/2021.