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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
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.

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)
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)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Ponor. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 20/01/2022.