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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1990	Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (-)	-
2000	Vama Veche - 2 Mai	Rezervatie stiintifica (Ia)	2

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

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 23/12/2024.