Data Zone
Country/territory: Croatia
IBA Criteria met: A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2 (2000)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 7,000 ha
Protection status:
Site description
An area of flood-plain of the Rivers Danube and Drava, with extensive Salix, Populus and Quercus forests. There are numerous channels and oxbows, extensive reedbeds (Phragmites) and a large fish-pond complex.
Key biodiversity
This is an important site for breeding herons. The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds in winter, on a regular basis. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Aquila heliaca, Falco naumanni, Crex crex.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kopacki Rit Special Zoological Reserve. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 21/01/2021.
