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The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1990-2006	800-1,200 individuals	C2, C6
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	passage	1990-2006	200-300 individuals	C1
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	winter	1990-2006	410-520 individuals	C3
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	winter	1990-2006	320-460 individuals	C2, C6
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	winter	1990-2006	120-180 individuals	C3
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	winter	1990-2006	12,000-15,000 individuals	C3
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	winter	1990-2006	8,700-9,500 individuals	C3
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	winter	1990-2006	1,500-4,000 individuals	C3
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena	LC	winter	1990-2006	1,200-2,000 individuals	C3
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis	LC	winter	1990-2006	2,000-20,000 individuals	C3
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	LC	winter	1990-2006	25,000-40,000 individuals	C3
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	passage	1990-2006	10,000-17,000 individuals	C2, C6
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage	1990-2006	70-120 individuals	C1, C2, C6
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter	1990-2006	10,000-27,000 individuals	C3
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus	LC	passage	1990-2006	700-1,200 individuals	C6
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	passage	1990-2006	10,000-12,000 individuals	C2
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	passage	1990-2006	40-90 individuals	C2, C6
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	LC	passage	1990-2006	20,000-50,000 individuals	C3
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	passage	1990-2006	1,200-1,400 individuals	C2, C6
Mew Gull Larus canus	LC	passage	1990-2006	8,000-14,000 individuals	C3
Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans	LC	passage	1990-2006	12,000-20,000 individuals	C3
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	passage	1990-2006	300-500 individuals	C2, C6
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	passage	1990-2006	120-140 individuals	C2, C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	passage	1990-2006	2,300-2,500 individuals	C2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	passage	1990-2006	2,000-4,000 individuals	C2
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	passage	1990-2006	320-350 individuals	C2, C6
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	passage	1990-2006	5,200-6,000 individuals	C2, C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1990-2006	110,000-250,000 individuals	C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1990	Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	-
1991	Danube Delta	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	3
2000	Vama Veche - 2 Mai	Rezervatie stiintifica	2
2006	Delta Dunării - zona marină	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	80
2006	Vama Veche - 2 Mai	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2006	Izvoarele sulfuroase submarine de la Mangalia	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2006	Zona marină de la Capul Tuzla	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2006	Plaja submersă Eforie Nord - Eforie Sud	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2007	Marea Neagră	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2011	Cap Aurora	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2011	Costinesti - 23 August	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
fisheries/aquaculture	30

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Black Sea (Romania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/black-sea-iba-romania on 22/11/2024.