BG098
Rupite


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2005 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species Current IUCN Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
White Stork Ciconia ciconia LC breeding 1996 57 breeding pairs B2, C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus LC breeding 1996 3 breeding pairs C6
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes LC breeding 1996 3-4 breeding pairs B2, C6

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2005).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Rupite - Strumeshnitsa Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 10,459 protected area overlaps with site 4,993
Rupite Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 8,835 is identical to site 8,837
Rupite Zashtitena Mestnost 20 protected area contained by site 0
Ograzhden - Maleshevo Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 27,374 protected area overlaps with site 1,937
Nahodishte na srebrista povetitsa Zashtitena Mestnost 10 protected area contained by site 0
Nahodishte na katerliva efedra Zashtitena Mestnost 1 protected area contained by site 0
Luibina skala Zashtitena Mestnost 46 protected area contained by site 0
Kozhuha Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost 94 protected area contained by site 0
Halma Skalata Zashtitena Mestnost 18 protected area contained by site 0


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rupite. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rupite-iba-bulgaria on 25/09/2023.