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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
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	winter	1997	100-200 individuals	A1, C1
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	winter	1997	100-500 individuals	B1i, C3
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1997	50-150 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	1996	5-50 breeding pairs	C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1996	20 breeding pairs	C6
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	winter	1997	20-40 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	breeding	1996	10-30 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter	1997	500-1,200 individuals	B1i, C3

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)
Saya Kulak	Zashtitena Mestnost	2	protected area contained by site	0
Pozharevo - Garvan	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6,305	protected area contains site	976
Ostrov Pozharevo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	976	is identical to site	976
Ostrov Pozharevo	Zashtitena Mestnost	71	protected area contained by site	0
Maluk Pozarevo	Protected Landscape	71	protected area contained by site	71

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
hunting	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Pozharevo Island. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 05/02/2023.