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Berkovitsa Meadows


IBA Justification

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:
Species Red List Season (year[s] of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Corncrake Crex crex LC breeding (1996) 35 pairs A1, C1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Berkovitsa Meadows (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/berkovitsa-meadows-iba-bulgaria on 06/12/2024.