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Drava Storage Lakes


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2010 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
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax LC breeding 2010 20-25 breeding pairs C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a winter 2010 min 20,000 individuals A4iii, C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2010) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1952 Križovljangrad - park uz dvorac Spomenih parkovne arhitekture <1
2001 Dravska šuma Park šuma <1
2001 Topole u Dravskoj šumi Spomenik prirode <1
2011 Mura - Drava Regionalni park 89
2012 Mura-Drava-Danube UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 78
2013 Drava - akumulacije Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 86
2013 Dravske akumulacije Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 86


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Drava Storage Lakes (Croatia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/drava-storage-lakes-iba-croatia on 23/11/2024.