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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
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	breeding	2001	42 individuals	C1
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	breeding	2001	10-15 breeding pairs	C6
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	2001	5 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	2001	60 breeding pairs	C6
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2001	60-70 breeding pairs	C6
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	breeding	2001	60 breeding pairs	C6
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	2001	10 breeding pairs	C6
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor	LC	breeding	2001	300-350 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
1950	Erdőlki arborétum	Természetvédelmi Terület	<1
1989	Erdőlki égerláp	Természetvédelmi Terület	<1
1993	Hevesi Füves Puszták	Tájvédelmi Körzet	13
2004	Hevesi-sík	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	82
2004	Pélyi szikesek	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
2004	Jászság	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1
2004	Jászapáti - jászkiséri szikesek	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2004	Kétútközi-legelő	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Poroszlói szikesek	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2004	Nagy-Hanyi	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Nagy-fertő - Gulya-gyep - Hamvajárás szikes pusztái	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	70
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands	30

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	90
nature conservation and research	5
hunting	5

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