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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Tawny Owl Strix aluco	LC	resident	2013-2019	180-240 breeding pairs	B2a
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	2016-2019	2-4 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Green Woodpecker Picus viridis	LC	resident	2016-2019	150-210 breeding pairs	B2a
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	2016-2019	2,000-2,500 breeding pairs	B2a, C6
Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos	LC	breeding	2010-2019	10,000-15,000 breeding pairs	B2a
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes	LC	resident	2013-2019	3,000-5,000 breeding pairs	B2a

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2019) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1960	Nacionalni park Fruska Gora	Nacionalni park	52

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	70
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations, Urban parks and gardens, Other urban and industrial areas, Ruderal land	15
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Mesophile grasslands	10
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	5
Shrubland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	90
nature conservation and research	80
forestry	75
hunting	60
agriculture	10
urban/industrial/transport	5
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Fruska gora (Serbia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/fruska-gora-iba-serbia on 22/11/2024.