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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Areas of open water with extensive stands of emergent vegetation (
Phragmites,
Scirpus), wet meadows, riverine and water-edge forests (
Salix,
Populus,
Alnus), and degraded
Quercus and
Carpinus woodland on high ground. Human activities include fishing and hunting.
Two species of global conservation concern breed at the site. Other breeding species include
Phalacrocorax carbo,
Botaurus stellaris,
Ardeola ralloides,
Nycticorax nycticorax,
Egretta garzetta and
Ardea purpurea.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Drainage, agricultural intensification, urbanization and tourism are problems at the site.
National Partial
International NoneIBA covered by Ornithological Reserve.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hutovo blato (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hutovo-blato-iba-bosnia-and-herzegovina on 23/11/2024.
