The site was identified as important in 2002 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 List1 | Season | Year(s) | Size | IBA criteria |
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Greylag Goose Anser anser | LC | passage | 1998-2002 | 400-2,500 individuals | C3 |
Gadwall Mareca strepera | LC | passage | 1998-2002 | 800-1,200 individuals | C3 |
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax | LC | breeding | 2001-2002 | 105-133 breeding pairs | C6 |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo | LC | breeding | 2001-2002 | 50-72 breeding pairs | C6 |
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica | LC | breeding | 2001-2002 | 30-50 breeding pairs | C6 |
1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2002. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.
IBA conservation assessment | |||
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Year of assessment | State | Pressure | Response |
2010 | very unfavourable | not assessed | not assessed |
Whole site assessed? | State assessed by | Accuracy of information | |
no | population | good |
State (condition of the trigger species' populations) | |||||
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Species | Reference | Actual | Units | % remaining | Result |
Greylag Goose Anser anser | 1,500 | 335 | individuals | 23 | very unfavourable |
Gadwall Mareca strepera | 260 | 56 | individuals | 22 | very unfavourable |
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax | 120 | 323 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo | 55 | 47 | breeding pairs | 86 | near favourable |
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica | 40 | 40 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable |
Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats) | |||
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Protected areas | Management plan | Other action | Result |
Not assessed | Not assessed | Not assessed | not assessed |
Year | Protected Area | Designation | % overlap with IBA |
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1990 | Vrbenské rybníky | Prírodní rezervace (PR) | 5 |
1990 | Vrbenske rybniky | Nature Reserve | 4 |
1991 | Mokřiny u Vomáčků | Prírodní rezervace (PR) | 1 |
1991 | Velký Karasín | Prírodní památka (PP) | <1 |
1991 | Velky Karasin | Natural Monument | <1 |
1991 | Mokriny u Vomacku | Nature Reserve | 1 |
2004 | Českobudějovické rybníky | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 96 |
2005 | Vrbenské rybníky | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 5 |
2005 | Hlubocké hráze | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | <1 |
2009 | Rybník Motovidlo | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | <1 |
2013 | Hlubocké hráze | Prírodní památka (PP) | <1 |
Habitat1 | Habitat detail | % of IBA |
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Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land | major (>10) |
Wetlands (inland) | major (>10) | |
Forest | minor (<10) | |
Grassland | - |
Land use | % of IBA |
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fisheries/aquaculture | - |
agriculture | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ceskobudejovicke rybniky ponds (Czechia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ceskobudejovicke-rybniky-ponds-iba-czechia on 23/11/2024.