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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
European Turtle-dove Streptopelia turtur	VU	breeding	1998	432-3,709 breeding pairs	B2
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus	LC	breeding	1998	72-700 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	2000	13 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2003	6 breeding pairs	B2, C6
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	1998	13-73 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	1998	370-495 breeding pairs	C6
Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus	LC	resident	1998	140-415 breeding pairs	B3
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	breeding	1998	810-6,100 breeding pairs	B2
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria	LC	breeding	1998	40-390 breeding pairs	C6
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding	1998	640-4,227 breeding pairs	B2, C6
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	2004-2005	38,000 individuals	A4iv, B1iv, C5

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)
Vodenitzite	Zashtitena Mestnost	45	protected area contained by site	0
Snezhinska koria	Zashtitena Mestnost	81	protected area contained by site	0
Slaveykova gora	Zashtitena Mestnost	74	protected area contained by site	0
Slaveikova Gora	National Monument	74	protected area contained by site	74
Sherba	State Game Husbandries	24,330	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Royashka skala	Zashtitena Mestnost	7	protected area contained by site	0
Provadiysko-Royaksko plato	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	84,032	is identical to site	84,030
Provadiysko - Royaksko plato	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	50,159	protected area overlaps with site	45,918
Probitiya kamak - Tsar - Borisoviya lopen	Zashtitena Mestnost	80	protected area contained by site	0
Madarski skalni ventsi	Zashtitena Mestnost	319	protected area contained by site	0
Kamenitsa	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,456	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Golyamo i malko bulo	Zashtitena Mestnost	197	protected area contained by site	0
Golyama Kamchia	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	217	protected area overlaps with site	39
Goliamata kanara	Zashtitena Mestnost	33	protected area contained by site	0
Ekokoridor Kamchia - Emine	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	28,055	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas	-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Provadiysko-Royaksko plateau. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/provadiysko-royaksko-plateau-iba-bulgaria on 25/09/2023.