Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala | EN | winter | 1990-2006 | 1-4 individuals | C1 |
Mute Swan Cygnus olor | LC | winter | 1990-2006 | 3,600-5,300 individuals | C3 |
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus | LC | winter | 1990-2006 | 340-1,270 individuals | C2, C6 |
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis | VU | winter | 1990-2006 | 7,000-24,000 individuals | C1, C2, C6 |
Greylag Goose Anser anser | LC | winter | 1990-2006 | 6,500-15,000 individuals | C3 |
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons | LC | winter | 1990-2006 | 12,000-100,000 individuals | C3 |
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus | VU | winter | 1990-2006 | 10-30 individuals | C1, C6 |
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula | LC | winter | 1990-2006 | 410-520 individuals | C3 |
Smew Mergellus albellus | LC | winter | 1990-2006 | 2,100-3,800 individuals | C2, C6 |
Goosander Mergus merganser | LC | winter | 1990-2006 | 120-180 individuals | C3 |
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna | LC | winter | 1990-2006 | 800-1,200 individuals | C3 |
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina | LC | winter | 1990-2006 | 540-2,470 individuals | C3 |
Common Pochard Aythya ferina | VU | winter | 1990-2006 | 24,000-38,000 individuals | C3 |
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca | NT | breeding | 1990-2006 | 3,800-4,200 breeding pairs | C1, C2, C6 |
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula | LC | winter | 1990-2006 | 6,300-7,450 individuals | C3 |
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 5,500-6,000 individuals | C3 |
Gadwall Mareca strepera | LC | winter | 1990-2006 | 1,200-5,500 individuals | C3 |
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 6,500-8,000 individuals | C3 |
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos | LC | winter | 1990-2006 | 23,500-82,000 individuals | C3 |
Common Teal Anas crecca | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 9,000-20,000 individuals | C3 |
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 300-400 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Little Crake Zapornia parva | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 2,000-3,000 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Common Coot Fulica atra | LC | winter | 1990-2006 | 22,000-34,000 individuals | C3 |
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan | VU | passage | 1990-2006 | 20-1,000 individuals | C2, C6 |
White Stork Ciconia ciconia | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 80-90 breeding pairs | C6 |
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 360-440 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 2,000-3,200 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 1,550-1,650 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Ixobrychus minutus | NR | breeding | 1990-2006 | 3,000-3,500 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 2,660-3,200 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 2,000-2,400 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 230-450 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Great White Egret Ardea alba | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 320-360 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Great White Egret Ardea alba | LC | winter | 1990-2006 | 620-870 individuals | C2 |
Egretta garzetta | NR | breeding | 1990-2006 | 1,700-2,500 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus | NT | breeding | 1990-2006 | 320-410 breeding pairs | C1, C2, C6 |
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 3,560-4,160 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 8,700-9,500 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus | LC | winter | 1990-2006 | 4,000-6,500 individuals | C2, C6 |
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 4,000-6,500 individuals | C2 |
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo | LC | winter | 1990-2006 | 3,000-7,000 individuals | C3 |
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 21,000-28,000 individuals | C3 |
Burhinus oedicnemus | NR | breeding | 1990-2006 | 44-60 breeding pairs | C6 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 220-280 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 800-1,200 individuals | C2 |
Himantopus himantopus | NR | breeding | 1990-2006 | 220-370 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Himantopus himantopus | NR | passage | 1990-2006 | 1,400-2,200 individuals | C2 |
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 120-300 individuals | C6 |
Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 12-89 individuals | C6 |
Charadrius alexandrinus | NR | breeding | 1990-2006 | 90-120 breeding pairs | C6 |
Charadrius alexandrinus | NR | passage | 1990-2006 | 450-520 individuals | C2 |
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris | CR | passage | 1990-2006 | 1-3 individuals | C1 |
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata | NT | passage | 1990-2006 | 3,000-6,000 individuals | C3 |
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa | NT | passage | 1990-2006 | 10,000-15,000 individuals | C1, C3 |
Ruff Calidris pugnax | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 13,000-18,000 individuals | C6 |
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 700-950 individuals | C3 |
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea | NT | passage | 1990-2006 | 8,000-9,000 individuals | C3 |
Dunlin Calidris alpina | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 10,000-17,000 individuals | C3 |
Little Stint Calidris minuta | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 4,000-8,000 individuals | C3 |
Great Snipe Gallinago media | NT | passage | 1990-2006 | 20-80 individuals | C6 |
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 700-1,200 individuals | C6 |
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 750-1,200 individuals | C3 |
Common Redshank Tringa totanus | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 3,500-12,000 individuals | C3 |
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 600-700 individuals | C3 |
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 420-540 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 10,000-12,000 individuals | C2 |
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 20-70 individuals | C6 |
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 20,000-50,000 individuals | C3 |
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 220-360 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Mew Gull Larus canus | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 9,000-12,000 individuals | C3 |
Little Tern Sternula albifrons | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 160-220 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 120-140 individuals | C2, C6 |
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 2,300-2,500 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Black Tern Chlidonias niger | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 20-80 breeding pairs | C6 |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 1,800-2,300 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Sterna nilotica | NR | passage | 1990-2006 | 320-350 individuals | C2, C6 |
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 20-60 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis | LC | passage | 1990-2006 | 1,200-3,000 individuals | C2, C6 |
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 12-20 breeding pairs | C6 |
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga | VU | winter | 1990-2006 | 8-14 individuals | C1, C6 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 300-400 breeding pairs | C6 |
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 2-3 breeding pairs | C6 |
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 26-28 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Milvus migrans | NR | breeding | 1990-2006 | 6-7 breeding pairs | C6 |
European Roller Coracias garrulus | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 360-420 breeding pairs | C1, C6 |
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 1,500-1,700 breeding pairs | C6 |
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 1-3 breeding pairs | C6 |
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus | NT | breeding | 1990-2006 | 220-340 breeding pairs | C1, C2, C6 |
Merlin Falco columbarius | LC | winter | 1990-2006 | 20-60 individuals | C6 |
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug | EN | breeding | 1990-2006 | 1-2 breeding pairs | C1, C6 |
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 10,000-12,000 breeding pairs | C6 |
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka | LC | breeding | 1990-2006 | 12-24 breeding pairs | C6 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | passage | 1990-2006 | 470,000-950,000 individuals | C4 |
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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Protection status:
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Marea Neagra | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 10,455 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Macin - Niculitel | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 17,409 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Lunca Prutului - Vladesti - Frumusita | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 874 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Lunca Joasa a Prutului | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 5,806 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Lacul Beibugeac | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 1,982 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Delta Dunarii si Complexul Razim - Sinoie | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 37,093 | protected area contained by site | 511,921 |
Delta Dunarii - zona marina | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 123,320 | protected area overlaps with site | 6,408 |
Delta Dunarii | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 453,076 | protected area contained by site | 450,542 |
Bestepe - Mahmudia | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 25,856 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Danube Delta. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 06/12/2019.