Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2019 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 (2019) |
30–50 pairs |
B1a, B1b, C6 |
| Western Water Rail Rallus aquaticus |
LC |
breeding (2013–2019) |
150–200 pairs |
B2a |
| Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris |
LC |
breeding (2013) |
30–50 pairs |
C6 |
| Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus |
LC |
breeding (2019) |
50–100 pairs |
B1b, C6 |
| Purple Heron Ardea purpurea |
LC |
breeding (2008–2013) |
100–120 pairs |
B1b, C6 |
| Great White Egret Ardea alba |
LC |
resident (2013) |
100–150 pairs |
C6 |
| Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus |
LC |
resident (2013) |
200–450 pairs |
A4, B2a, B3a, C2, C6 |
| Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus |
LC |
passage (2013–2019) |
15,000–30,000 birds |
B3a, C3 |
| Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida |
LC |
passage (2013–2019) |
1,000–2,000 birds |
B3a |
| Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus |
LC |
breeding (2019) |
30–40 pairs |
C6 |
| Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus |
LC |
winter (2019) |
25–50 birds |
B1b, C6 |
| Eurasian Penduline-tit Remiz pendulinus |
LC |
breeding (2010–2019) |
80–130 pairs |
B2a |
| Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides |
LC |
breeding (2013–2019) |
200–300 pairs |
B2a |
| Bluethroat Luscinia svecica |
LC |
breeding (2010–2019) |
50–100 pairs |
C6 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| - |
Stari Begej-Carska bara |
Special Nature Reserve (-) |
23 |
| 1955 |
Carska bara
|
Rezervat prirode (IV) |
41 |
| 2006 |
Beli dud u Belom Blatu
|
Spomenik prirode (III) |
-
|
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Wetlands (inland) |
65 |
Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
20 |
Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Forestry plantations; Urban parks and gardens |
| Forest |
10 |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest |
| Grassland |
5 |
Humid grasslands; Mesophile grasslands |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
60 |
| hunting |
50 |
| nature conservation and research |
30 |
| agriculture |
15 |
| forestry |
10 |
| tourism/recreation |
5 |
| urban/industrial/transport |
5 |
| water management |
- |
| other |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Carska bara (Serbia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/carska-bara-iba-serbia on 23/12/2024.
