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The site was identified as important in 2010 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
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	breeding	2008	21-60 males	C6
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2008	164-170 males	C1
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	breeding	2008	2-3 breeding pairs	C6
Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus	LC	breeding	2008	76-80 breeding pairs	C6
White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos	LC	breeding	2008	60-65 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2010) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2010. The most recent assessment (2011) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	3	1	breeding pairs	34	very unfavourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1958	Śrubita	Rezerwat Przyrody	<1
1961	Butorza	Rezerwat Przyrody	<1
1963	Romanka	Rezerwat Przyrody	<1
1970	Pod Rysianką	Rezerwat Przyrody	<1
1971	Pilsko	Rezerwat Przyrody	<1
1971	Oszast	Rezerwat Przyrody	<1
1986	Żywiecki Park Krajobrazowy	Park Krajobrazowy	95
1996	Gawroniec	Rezerwat Przyrody	<1
1996	Dziobaki	Rezerwat Przyrody	<1
1998	Muńcoł	Rezerwat Przyrody	<1
2001	Beskid Żywiecki	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	93
2007	Beskid Żywiecki	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	93
2008	Lipowska	Rezerwat Przyrody	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		82
Artificial/Terrestrial		16
Grassland		1
Other		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Beskid Zywiecki Mountains (Poland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/beskid-zywiecki-mountains-iba-poland on 22/11/2024.