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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1996	2-18 breeding pairs	C6
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	1996	2-18 breeding pairs	C6
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	unknown	1996	1-9 breeding pairs	C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	1998	11-25 breeding pairs	C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	1996	3-25 breeding pairs	C6
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage	1996	100 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	resident	1998	1 breeding pairs	C6
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	passage	1996	1,000 individuals	B1iii, C2
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata	LC	breeding	1998	110 breeding pairs	B2, C6
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1996	7,800 individuals	B1iv, C5

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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Vodnite Lilii (Veliov Vir)	Poddarzhan Rezarvat	14	protected area overlaps with site	0
Stamopolu	Zashtitena Mestnost	40	protected area contained by site	40
Skalni obrazuvania	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	18	protected area contained by site	0
Ropotamo Complex	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	5,500	protected area overlaps with site	3,868
Ropotamo	State Game Husbandries	9,413	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ropotamo	Rezervat	1,001	protected area contained by site	0
Ropotamo	Buffer Zone	771	protected area contained by site	771
Ropotamo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	98,100	protected area contains site	3,868
Pyassachni Dyuni	National Monument	12	protected area contained by site	12
Piasachni diuni v mestnost Perla	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	24	protected area contained by site	0
Piasachni diuni	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	12	protected area overlaps with site	0
Maslen Nos	National Monument	18	protected area contained by site	18
Kompleks Ropotamo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3,858	is identical to site	3,868
Blatoto Alepu	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	167	protected area contained by site	0
Beglik tash - Ropotamo	Zashtitena Mestnost	728	protected area overlaps with site	708
Alepu Lake	National Monument	167	protected area contained by site	167

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
tourism/recreation	-
hunting	-
forestry	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Ropotamo Complex. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/03/2023.