Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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:
Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
1948 |
Milka
|
Rezervat (Ia) |
1 |
1981 |
Persin-Iztok
|
Zashtitena Mestnost (VI) |
9 |
1981 |
Persinski blata
|
Poddarzhan Rezarvat (IV) |
6 |
1981 |
Kitka
|
Rezervat (Ia) |
<1 |
1981 |
Persina Iztok |
National Monument (-) |
10 |
1981 |
Persinski Marshes |
Managed Reserve (-) |
6 |
1981 |
Kitka Island |
Reserve (-) |
<1 |
2000 |
Persina
|
Priroden Park (V) |
25 |
2012 |
Persin
|
Zashtitena Mestnost (VI) |
12 |
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Forest |
60 |
Alluvial and very wet forest |
Grassland |
35 |
Humid grasslands |
Wetlands (inland) |
5 |
Standing freshwater |
Land use |
% of IBA |
forestry |
55 |
agriculture |
30 |
fisheries/aquaculture |
10 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Belene Islands Complex (Bulgaria). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/belene-islands-complex-iba-bulgaria on 23/12/2024.