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IBA Justification

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
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax LC breeding 2001 200 breeding pairs C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus LC breeding 2001 5-8 breeding pairs C6

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1991 Fertő-Hansági Nemzeti Park 66
2003 Hanság Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 98
2004 Hanság Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 100
2006 Nyirkai-Hany Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance 4

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial Forestry plantations 54
Grassland Humid grasslands 30
Forest Alluvial and very wet forest 11
Wetlands (inland) Standing freshwater, Raised bogs, Water fringe vegetation 5
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
nature conservation and research 70
forestry 60
agriculture 35


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