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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	-	2-4 breeding pairs	B2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	-	25 breeding pairs	B2

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Cres	Special Reserve	1,450	protected area contained by site	1,450

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Special Ornithological Reserves on Cres island. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/3601 on 06/06/2023.