Jaroslavické rybníky ponds (Czechia)

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Jaroslavické rybníky ponds

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1999-2002	46-52 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2002. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2010	favourable	low	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	46	95	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2001	Horni rybnik	Temporary Protected Area	-
2004	Jaroslavické rybníky	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	88
2007	Meandry Dyje	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	14
2016	Jaroslavické komory	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)		76
Forest		17
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	6
Grassland		minor (<10)
Shrubland		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	major (>10)
hunting	major (>10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jaroslavické rybníky ponds (Czechia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jaroslavické-rybníky-ponds-iba-czechia on 23/11/2024.