RO038
Buhuşu reservoir - Bacău - Tătărăşti


IBA Justification

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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor LC passage (1990–2006) 800–1,200 birds C3
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus LC winter (1990–2006) 220–300 birds C2, C6
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula LC winter (1990–2006) 250–350 birds C3
Smew Mergellus albellus LC winter (1990–2006) 20–150 birds C2, C6
Smew Mergellus albellus LC passage (1990–2006) 100–200 birds C2
Goosander Mergus merganser LC winter (1990–2006) 210–380 birds C3
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca NT passage (1990–2006) 100–200 birds C1
Common Crane Grus grus LC passage (1990–2006) 25–80 birds C6
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus LC passage (1990–2006) 150–300 birds C2
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo LC winter (1990–2006) 3,000–5,000 birds C3
Ruff Calidris pugnax LC passage (1990–2006) 5,000–8,000 birds C6
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus LC passage (1990–2006) 1,000–2,000 birds C3
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola LC passage (1990–2006) 1,000–1,500 birds C6
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus LC passage (1990–2006) 15,000–25,000 birds C3
Common Tern Sterna hirundo LC breeding (1990–2006) 80–100 pairs C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus LC breeding (1990–2006) 7–10 pairs C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a winter (1990–2006) 25,000–50,000 birds C4
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a passage (1990–2006) 80,000–110,000 birds C4

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
2016 Siretul Mijlociu Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) (UA) 16


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Buhuşu reservoir - Bacău - Tătărăşti (Romania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/buhuşu-reservoir--bacău--tătărăşti-iba-romania on 23/12/2024.