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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2005 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding (1996)	10 pairs	B2, C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding (1996)	250 pairs	B2, C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding (1996)	50 pairs	B2, C2, C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding (1996)	300 pairs	C6
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	breeding (1996)	12 pairs	A1, C1, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1984	Ibisha	Poddarzhan Rezarvat (IV)	9
2007	Ostrov Tsibar	Zashtitena Mestnost (VI)	23

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	50	Forestry plantations
Forest	50	Alluvial and very wet forest

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	50
forestry	50

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ibisha Island (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ibisha-island-iba-bulgaria on 25/12/2024.