Data Zone
Country/territory: Hungary
IBA criteria met: C1, C6 (2002)
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Area: 44,339 hectares (443.39 km2)
Site description (2000 baseline)
A flood-plain lying between natural levees and overlain by loess soils, situated adjacent to the River Danube and main Duna-völgyi canal between Kiskunlacháza and Szakmár. Human activities include cattle- and sheep-grazing, arable farming, angling and hunting. This area includes two sites that were treated as separate IBAs in the previous international IBA inventory (Grimmett and Jones 1989): `Kiskunsági szikes-tavak' (former site HU021) and `Harta-Akasztói puszta' (former site HU042).
Key biodiversity
An important area for lowland farmland birds and waterbirds. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Phalacrocorax pygmeus and Branta ruficollis (both on passage), Aythya nyroca (6 breeding pairs), and Haliaeetus albicilla (2 breeding pairs and 4 wintering birds).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Alkaline pusztas of Upper Kiskunság (Hungary). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/alkaline-pusztas-of-upper-kiskunság-iba-hungary on 23/12/2024.