Data Zone
Country/territory: Bosnia and Herzegovina
IBA criteria met: A1 (2000)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 3,500 hectares (35.00 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2013 | very poor | high | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Site description (2000 baseline)
Fish-ponds (with islands and reedbeds), marshes, grazing-meadows, and remnant alluvial forest along the River Sava.
Key biodiversity
The globally threatened Aythya nyroca and Crex crex breed at the site. Other breeding species include Ixobrychus minutus, Nycticorax nycticorax, Ardeola ralloides, Egretta garzetta, Ardea purpurea, Plegadis falcinellus, Platalea leucorodia, Sterna hirundo (30+ pairs), and Chlidonias hybridus (40+ pairs). Ciconia ciconia and the globally near-threatened Haliaeetus albicilla feed, and possibly breed, at the site. The area is also very important for passage migrants.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bardaca (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bardaca-iba-bosnia-and-herzegovina on 23/12/2024.