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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
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	winter	1997	1,125-10,240 individuals	B1i, C3
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage	1996	30 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter	2001-2004	403-2,175 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	passage	1996	200 individuals	A1, C1, C2
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter	1997	165-2,331 individuals	B1i, C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1996	13 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1998	30 breeding pairs	C6
Mew Gull Larus canus	LC	winter	1996	30-479 individuals	B1i, C3
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	-	3,200-50,700 individuals	A4iv, 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)
Yatata	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	144	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Yatata	Zashtitena Mestnost	154	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Varnensko-Beloslavsko ezero	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4,687	is identical to site	4,682
Varnensko - Beloslavski kompleks	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	178	protected area contained by site	178
Mochurishteto	Zashtitena Mestnost	22	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kazashko	Protected Landscape	125	protected area contained by site	125
Kazashko	Zashtitena Mestnost	125	protected area contained by site	0
Galata	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	8,044	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Standing brackish and salt water, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Other urban and industrial areas	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
hunting	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Varna-Beloslav Lakes Complex. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 20/03/2023.