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The site was identified as important in 2002 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	breeding	2001	40-70 breeding pairs	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	2001	23-31 breeding pairs	C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	2001	3 breeding pairs	C6
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus	LC	breeding	2001	140-180 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1979	Aggtelek Biosphere Reserve	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	82
1985	Aggleki	Nemzeti Park	84
1995	Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	-
2001	Aggteleki-karszt	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2001	Baradla Cave System and related wetlands	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	8
2003	Aggteleki-karszt és peremterületei	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	70
2003	Szuha-völgy	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Wooded steppe	70
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands	15
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	10
Shrubland	Scrub	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
forestry	80
tourism/recreation	70
agriculture	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Aggtelek Karst (Hungary). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/aggtelek-karst-iba-hungary on 23/11/2024.