Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2005
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population at site | IBA criteria triggered |
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Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus | LC | breeding | 1996 | 3-4 breeding pairs | C6 |
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus | LC | breeding | 1996 | 3 breeding pairs | C6 |
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster | LC | breeding | 1996 | 100-850 breeding pairs | B2 |
European Roller Coracias garrulus | LC | breeding | 1996 | 30-50 breeding pairs | C6 |
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris | LC | breeding | 1996 | 30-50 breeding pairs | C6 |
Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.
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Protected area (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
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Skalnata tsarkva | Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost | 1 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Plavala | Zashtitena Mestnost | 28 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Peshtera Nanin kamak | Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost | 3 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Persina | Priroden Park | 21,762 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Persina | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 25,684 | protected area overlaps with site | 4,082 |
Obnova - Karaman dol | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 10,751 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Nikopolsko plato | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 18,503 | protected area overlaps with site | 16,409 |
Nikopolsko plato | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 22,246 | is identical to site | 22,260 |
Kiseletz | Zashtitena Mestnost | 12 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Belene Islands Complex | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 18,330 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nikopolsko Plateau. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/19014 on 10/06/2023.