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The site was identified as important in 2002 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
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	2001	5,000-8,000 individuals	C2
Great Bustard Otis tarda	VU	breeding	2001	80-110 individuals	C1, C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	2001	35-50 breeding pairs	C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	winter	2001	15 individuals	C1
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	breeding	2001	50-65 breeding pairs	C6
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	passage	2001	200 individuals	C2
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor	LC	breeding	2001	80-130 breeding pairs	C6

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2002).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Közép-Bihar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	12,045	protected area contained by site	12,045
Kaba-földesi gyepek	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5,080	protected area overlaps with site	890
Gatály	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	714	protected area overlaps with site	475
Dévaványa környéki gyepek	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	14,027	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Dél-ásványi gyepek	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,483	protected area overlaps with site	945
Darvasi Csiff-puszta	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	472	protected area overlaps with site	157
Csökmői gyepek	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	607	protected area contained by site	607
Bihari-legelő	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,644	protected area overlaps with site	2,221
Bihari legelő	Természetvédelmi Terület	771	protected area contained by site	711
Bihari -sík	Tájvédelmi Körzet	17,141	protected area overlaps with site	17,095
Bihar	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	71,610	protected area overlaps with site	44,621
Berekböszörmény - körmösdpusztai legelők	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,371	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Forestry plantations	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bihar Plain. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bihar-plain-iba-hungary on 28/11/2023.