Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2005
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Common Quail Coturnix coturnix | LC | breeding | 1998 | 250-300 breeding pairs | B2 |
Corncrake Crex crex | LC | breeding | 2004 | 100-130 breeding pairs | A1, C1, C6 |
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo | LC | resident | 2002 | 10-12 breeding pairs | B2, C6 |
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos | LC | resident | 2005 | 4-5 breeding pairs | C6 |
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus | LC | resident | 1998 | 20-30 breeding pairs | C6 |
Eurasian Green Woodpecker Picus viridis | LC | resident | 1998 | 100-120 breeding pairs | B2 |
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio | LC | breeding | 1998 | 1,000-1,500 breeding pairs | B2 |
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria | LC | breeding | 1998 | 200-300 breeding pairs | C6 |
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush Monticola saxatilis | LC | breeding | 1998 | 10-20 breeding pairs | B2 |
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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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Zaskogo | Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost | 88 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Zapadna Stara planina i Predbalkan | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 219,753 | protected area overlaps with site | 31,380 |
Vrachanski Balkan | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 30,880 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Skaklia | Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost | 1 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Siniya vir | Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost | 0 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Ponor | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 31,377 | is identical to site | 31,380 |
Planinski pelin - s. Brakyovtsi | Zashtitena Mestnost | 78 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Iskarski prolom - Rzhana | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 22,693 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Elata | Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost | 0 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Broadleaved deciduous woodland | - |
Grassland | Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands | - |
Coastline | Sea cliffs and rocky shores | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
forestry | - |
hunting | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Ponor. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 13/08/2022.