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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding	1996	10 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1996	250 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	1996	50 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1996	300 breeding pairs	C6
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	breeding	1996	12 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1984	Ibisha	Poddarzhan Rezarvat	9
2002	Ibisha Island	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
2005	Tsibar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2007	Ostrov Ibisha	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2007	Ostrov Tsibar	Zashtitena Mestnost	23

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	50
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	50

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.