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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
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	breeding	1996	10-12 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus	LC	resident	1996	15 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2003	5-7 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	1996	3-4 breeding pairs	C6
Milvus migrans	NR	breeding	1996	3 breeding pairs	C6

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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Rusenski Lom	Priroden Park	3,408	protected area contained by site	3,259
Ribarnitzite	Zashtitena Mestnost	51	protected area contained by site	0
Ostrata skala	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	36	protected area contained by site	0
Orlova chuka	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	82	protected area contained by site	0
Mamula	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	1	protected area contained by site	0
Lomovete	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	33,451	protected area overlaps with site	3,408
Lomovete	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	32,489	protected area overlaps with site	22,642
Lomiya	Zashtitena Mestnost	278	protected area contained by site	0
Dunav	State Game Husbandries	140,100	protected area overlaps with site	0
Bozhkova dupka	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2	protected area contained by site	1
Beli Lom	Rezervat	776	protected area contained by site	773
Beli Lom	Buffer Zone	278	protected area contained by site	278

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards and groves	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lomovete. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/03/2023.