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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1997	1-9 breeding pairs	C6
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	breeding	1997	2-18 breeding pairs	C6
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis	LC	breeding	1997	400-659 breeding pairs	B1i, C3
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis	LC	winter	1997	73-1,302 individuals	B1i, C3
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	1997	100-1,000 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum	LC	breeding	1997	15-60 breeding pairs	C6
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1997	127,000 individuals	A4iv, B1iv, C5

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1962	Piasachnata Lilia	Poddarzhan Rezarvat	<1
1970	Koreniata	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1970	Blatoto	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1973	Nos Chervenka	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1980	Nos Agalina	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1984	Piasachni diuni	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1984	Kavatzite-piasachni diuni	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1993	Ostrovi Sv.Sv.Ivan I Petar	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2004	Plazh Gradina - Zlatna ribka	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2004	Bakarlaka	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2004	Ostrovi Sv. Ivan i Sv. Petar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2006	Ropotamo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2007	Bakarlaka	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2007	Murvatska reka	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2012	Otmanli	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bakarlaka (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bakarlaka-iba-bulgaria on 22/11/2024.