• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

The site was identified as important in 2014 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
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus	LC	resident	2013-2014	100-120 breeding pairs	B2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2014).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Padurca Domneasca	Scientific Reserve	6,032	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Grassland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations, Arable land	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Royal Forest. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/royal-forest-iba-moldova on 02/10/2023.