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The site was identified as important in 2005 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
Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca	NT	resident	1996	25-92 breeding pairs	A3
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	resident	1996	91-570 breeding pairs	C6
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	resident	1996	9-83 males	C6
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus	LC	breeding	1996	100-842 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Scops-owl Otus scops	LC	breeding	1996	62-347 breeding pairs	B2
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	1996	7 breeding pairs	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	1996	9 breeding pairs	C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1996	6 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	1996	5 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	resident	1996	3 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	1996	5 breeding pairs	B2, C6
White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos	LC	resident	1996	9-83 breeding pairs	C6
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	1996	3-11 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	LC	resident	1996	54-72 breeding pairs	B2
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	breeding	1996	4 breeding pairs	C6
Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans	LC	breeding	1996	3-25 breeding pairs	A3
Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer	LC	resident	1996	2-6 breeding pairs	A3
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica	LC	breeding	1996	7-25 breeding pairs	A3
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala	LC	breeding	1996	28-183 breeding pairs	A3
Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus	LC	resident	1996	342-2,213 breeding pairs	B3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1951	Kazal Cherpa	Poddarzhan Rezarvat	<1
1962	Chervenata stena	Rezervat	4
1965	Giumbertiata	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	-
1970	Gonda voda	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1977	Usoykata	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1978	Lale bair	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1978	Skalen most	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1979	Elata	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1980	Martsiganitsa	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1980	Nahodishte na ela	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
2002	Kormisosh	State Game Husbandries	19
2002	Zhenda	State Game Husbandries	16
2003	Skalen kompleks Karadzhov kamak	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2003	Nahodishte na darvovidna hvoina	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2003	Peshterata Gargina dupka	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
2003	Belintash	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
2004	Anatema	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2005	Slivodolsko padalo	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
2006	Rodopi - Sredni	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2007	Dobrostan	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2007	Kluviyata - Diva voda	Zashtitena Mestnost	1
2007	Borovete	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dobrostan (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dobrostan-iba-bulgaria on 23/11/2024.