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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
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix	LC	breeding	2004	330-1,490 breeding pairs	B2
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	2004	66 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	resident	1998	8 breeding pairs	C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	resident	1998	12 breeding pairs	C6
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes	LC	breeding	2005	4 breeding pairs	C6
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster	LC	breeding	2005	325-2,280 breeding pairs	B2
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	1998	24-130 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus	LC	resident	1998	134-1,230 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	breeding	1997	30-38 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor	LC	breeding	1998	95-200 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla	LC	breeding	2004	11-108 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis	LC	resident	2005	39,100-56,640 breeding pairs	B2
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris	LC	breeding	2004	38-130 breeding pairs	C6
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding	2004	950 breeding pairs	C6

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

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Zlatiyata	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	43,499	is identical to site	43,494
Zlatia	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3,195	protected area contained by site	3,195
Tsibar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,972	protected area overlaps with site	156
Reka Ogosta	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,366	protected area overlaps with site	168
Kozloduy	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	125	protected area contained by site	125
Koritata	Zashtitena Mestnost	2	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ibisha Island	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	3,365	protected area overlaps with site	0
Daneva mogila	Zashtitena Mestnost	5	protected area contained by site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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