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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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1996	50-100 breeding pairs	A1
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1996-2001	1,000-4,000 breeding pairs	B3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	1996-2001	50-100 breeding pairs	B2
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus	LC	breeding	1996-2001	100-200 breeding pairs	B2
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	breeding	2001	15 breeding pairs	B2
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	breeding	2001	1-2 breeding pairs	A1
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	1996	10-20 breeding pairs	B3
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	LC	breeding	1996	5-10 breeding pairs	B2
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola	VU	breeding	1996-2002	4,600-7,600 breeding pairs	A1, B2
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	LC	breeding	2004	6,000-8,500 breeding pairs	B3
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides	LC	breeding	1996-2001	1,500-3,000 breeding pairs	B3
Common Grasshopper-warbler Locustella naevia	LC	breeding	2004	150-200 breeding pairs	B3

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
Natural system modifications	dams & water management/use - large dams	likely in short term (within 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Natural system modifications	other ecosystem modifications	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Zvanets	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	15,873	is identical to site	15,873
Zvanets	Nature Sanctuary or Partial Reserve (Local)	10,460	protected area overlaps with site	16,225
Radostovskiy	Nature Sanctuary or Partial Reserve	7,000	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires and springs	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-
not utilised	-
agriculture	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Balota Zvaniec. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/03/2023.