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The site was identified as important in 2010 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
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding	2010	100-200 breeding pairs	A1, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	2010	3,000-7,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding	2010	40-80 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	2010	60-120 breeding pairs	C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	2010	60-300 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	2010	50-110 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	breeding	2010	80-100 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	winter	2010	200-300 individuals	C2, C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	2010	30-120 breeding pairs	C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	2010	200-250 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding	2010	5-10 breeding pairs	C6
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis	LC	breeding	2010	2,000-5,000 breeding pairs	C2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2010) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1987	Bara Dvorina	Posebni rezervat	2
1990	Gajna	Značajni krajobraz	1
1995	Jelas polje	Značajni krajobraz	50
1995	Jelas ribnjaci - dio	Posebni rezervat	<1
2007	Jelas polje s ribnjacima i poplavnim pasnjacima uz Savu	Other Area	100
2013	Jelas polje	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	95
2013	Jelas polje s ribnjacima	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	12
2013	Vlakanac-Radinje	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7
2013	Dvorina	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
2013	Sava nizvodno od Hrušćice	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2013	Gajna	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2013	Pričac - Lužani	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2013	Davor - livade	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Other urban and industrial areas	30
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	30
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	20
Grassland	Humid grasslands	20

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	30
fisheries/aquaculture	25
forestry	25
hunting	25

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jelas Field (Croatia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jelas-field-iba-croatia on 22/11/2024.