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Calafat - Ciuperceni - Dunăre


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
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca NT breeding (1990–2006) 200–250 pairs C1, C2, C6
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca NT passage (1990–2006) 700–800 birds C1, C2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra LC breeding (1990–2006) 10–16 pairs C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia LC breeding (1990–2006) 60–80 pairs C6
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia LC breeding (1990–2006) 100–300 pairs C2, C6
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia LC passage (1990–2006) 240–350 birds C2
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus LC passage (1990–2006) 120–140 birds C2
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus LC breeding (1990–2006) 50–100 pairs C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax LC breeding (1990–2006) 380–600 pairs C2, C6
Great White Egret Ardea alba LC breeding (1990–2006) 10–20 pairs C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta LC breeding (1990–2006) 500–800 pairs C2, C6
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus NT passage (1990–2006) 34–51 birds C1, C2
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus LC breeding (1990–2006) 120–200 pairs C2, C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida LC breeding (1990–2006) 200–400 pairs C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla LC breeding (1990–2006) 3–4 pairs C6
European Roller Coracias garrulus LC breeding (1990–2006) 80–120 pairs C1, C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a passage (1990–2006) 20,000 birds C4

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1994 Ciuperceni - Desa Rezervatie naturala (IV) 1
1994 Balta Lată Rezervatie naturala (IV) <1
1994 Balta Neagră Rezervatie naturala (IV) <1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Calafat - Ciuperceni - Dunăre (Romania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/calafat--ciuperceni--dunăre-iba-romania on 23/12/2024.