Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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 |
| Greylag Goose Anser anser |
LC |
passage (1995) |
500–3,000 birds |
B1i |
| Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus |
VU |
passage (1990) |
10–200 birds |
A1 |
| Greater Scaup Aythya marila |
LC |
passage (1989) |
1,000–40,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope |
LC |
passage (1989) |
10,000–70,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Common Teal Anas crecca |
LC |
passage (1989) |
4,000–10,000 birds |
B1i |
| Great Snipe Gallinago media |
NT |
passage (1994) |
100–150 birds |
A1 |
| Little Tern Sternula albifrons |
LC |
passage (1990) |
500–1,000 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Little Tern Sternula albifrons |
LC |
breeding (1990) |
50–150 pairs |
B2 |
| White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla |
LC |
passage (1991) |
10–15 birds |
A1 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
passage (1989) |
50,000-99,999 birds |
A4iii |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Grassland |
45 |
Humid grasslands |
| Wetlands (inland) |
25 |
Standing freshwater |
| Forest |
20 |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest |
| Shrubland |
10 |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
60 |
| forestry |
20 |
| tourism/recreation |
17 |
| military |
3 |
| water management |
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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bulgarski (Russia (European)). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bulgarski-iba-russia-(european) on 23/12/2024.
