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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2011

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	1999	10-20 breeding pairs	C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2002-2010	8-11 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1999-2010	20-40 breeding pairs	C6
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	winter	2004-2010	60-100 individuals	C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding	2002-2011	2 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding	1999	60-100 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla	LC	breeding	2002-2010	100-200 breeding pairs	B2
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	breeding	2004-2010	1,450-2,200 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria	LC	breeding	2006-2010	50-80 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis	LC	breeding	2004-2008	5,600-7,400 breeding pairs	B3, 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.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - agro-industry farming	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	logging & wood harvesting - unintentional effects: large scale	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Natural system modifications	dams & water management/use - dams (size unknown)	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	0	0	poor (40-69%)	good (> 90%)	unfavourable
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	0	0	good (> 90%)	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Ščavniška dolina	ekološko pomembno območje	2,263	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Mura - Radmožanci	ekološko pomembno območje	17,454	protected area overlaps with site	0
Mura	posebno varstveno območje	14,651	protected area overlaps with site	0
Mura	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	14,651	protected area overlaps with site	9,987
Mura	posebno varstveno območje	10,252	protected area overlaps with site	0
Mura	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	10,252	protected area overlaps with site	7,603

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Shrubland		-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
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: River Mura. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/01/2023.