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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
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	breeding	1998	3-30 breeding pairs	C6
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage	1996	230 individuals	A1, C1
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1996	2-12 breeding pairs	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1996	2-14 breeding pairs	C6
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	breeding	1998	1 breeding pairs	C6
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	breeding	1998	6 breeding pairs	C6
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes	LC	breeding	1998	5 breeding pairs	B2, C6
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	1998	24-94 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	1998	300-400 breeding pairs	C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	resident	1998	141-1,403 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum	LC	breeding	1998	23-136 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata	LC	breeding	1998	28-275 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka	LC	breeding	1998	2-18 breeding pairs	C6
Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra	LC	breeding	1998	1,802-5,173 breeding pairs	B3
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1990-1996	92,272-172,928 individuals	A4iv, B1iv, C5

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
1970	Kalinata	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1976	Piasachni diuni	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1976	Nos Emine	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	-
1976	Cape Emine	National Monument	<1
1984	Piasachni diuni v mestnost Babata	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1994	Irakli	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1995	Smrikite	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2001	Ortoto	Zashtitena Mestnost	1
2002	Nesebar	State Game Husbandries	74
2004	Aytoska planina	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2006	Emine - Irakli	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	16
2006	Aheloy - Ravda - Nesebar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5
2007	Emine	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	97

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	60
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	27
Shrubland	Scrub	6
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		5
Marine Neritic		2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	60
hunting	60
tourism/recreation	50
agriculture	20
military	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Emine (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/emine-iba-bulgaria on 22/11/2024.