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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1990-2006	20-30 breeding pairs	C1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	1990-2006	400-500 individuals	C2
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	winter	1990-2006	5-10 individuals	C6
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	1990-2006	35-50 breeding pairs	C1
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	1990-2006	2-3 breeding pairs	C1, C6
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria	LC	breeding	1990-2006	45-65 breeding pairs	C6

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)
Prundul Mare Island	Nature Reserve	17	protected area contained by site	17
Prundul Mare	Nature reserve	744	protected area contained by site	0
Pescăria Nădlac	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	135	protected area contained by site	0
Parcul Natural Lunca Mureșului	Parc natural	17,385	protected area overlaps with site	0
Pajiștea Cenad	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5,965	protected area overlaps with site	0
Pădurea Cenad	Rezervatie naturala	330	protected area contained by site	0
Lunca Mureșului Inferior	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	17,397	protected area overlaps with site	17,416
Lunca Mureșului Inferior	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	17,397	protected area overlaps with site	17,428
Insula Mare Cenad	Rezervatie naturala	3	protected area contained by site	0
Insula Igriș	Rezervatie naturala	8	protected area contained by site	0
Bezdin Lake	Nature Reserve	25	protected area contained by site	25

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mures river lower flood-plain. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 02/04/2023.