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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Fish-ponds (with islands and reedbeds), marshes, grazing-meadows, and remnant alluvial forest along the River Sava.
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.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Drainage, hunting, and forestry are problems at the site.
National Partial
International NoneIBA covered by Ornithological Reserve.
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 23/11/2024.
