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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
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	non-breeding	1996	40-210 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage	1996	150-252 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	non-breeding	1996	184-1,800 individuals	B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	passage	1996	600-2,300 individuals	B1i, C3

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
2002	Ibisha Island	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
2005	Tsibar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2007	Ostrov do Gorni Tsibar	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2007	Ostrov Tsibar	Zashtitena Mestnost	5

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	60
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	40

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
other	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Island near Gorni Tzibar (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/island-near-gorni-tzibar-iba-bulgaria on 23/11/2024.