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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
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	2001	4 breeding pairs	C6
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	2001	2 breeding pairs	A1, C1
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	2001	4 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1976	Vérsszőlősi előemberlep	Természetvédelmi Terület	<1
1977	Gerecsei	Tájvédelmi Körzet	16
2003	Központi-Gerecse	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	11
2003	Déli-Gerecse	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7
2003	Gerecse	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5
2003	Északi-Gerecse	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
2003	Epöli szarmata vonulat	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2003	Csolnoki löszgyepek	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2003	Kirvai löszgyepek	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2003	Nyakas-tető szarmata vonulat	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Gerecse	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	56
2004	Szomódi gyepek	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2015	Tölgyháti kőfejő földtani alapszelvény	Természeti emlék	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	70
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations, Other urban and industrial areas	15
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	10
Shrubland	Scrub	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	70
military	30
agriculture	20
tourism/recreation	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gerecse (Hungary). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gerecse-iba-hungary on 23/11/2024.