Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca |
NT |
breeding (2010) |
100–200 pairs |
A1, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
| Common Crane Grus grus |
LC |
passage (2010) |
3,000–7,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2, C6 |
| Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia |
LC |
breeding (2010) |
40–80 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
| Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus |
LC |
breeding (2010) |
60–120 pairs |
C6 |
| Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax |
LC |
breeding (2010) |
60–300 pairs |
C2, C6 |
| Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides |
LC |
breeding (2010) |
50–110 pairs |
C2, C6 |
| Great White Egret Ardea alba |
LC |
breeding (2010) |
80–100 pairs |
C2, C6 |
| Great White Egret Ardea alba |
LC |
winter (2010) |
200–300 birds |
C2, C6 |
| Little Egret Egretta garzetta |
LC |
breeding (2010) |
30–120 pairs |
C6 |
| Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida |
LC |
breeding (2010) |
200–250 pairs |
B2, C2, C6 |
| Black Kite Milvus migrans |
LC |
breeding (2010) |
5–10 pairs |
C6 |
| Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis |
LC |
breeding (2010) |
2,000–5,000 pairs |
C2 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 2007 |
Jelas polje s ribnjacima i poplavnim pasnjacima uz Savu |
Other Area (-) |
100
|
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
30 |
Highly improved re-seeded landscapes; Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Other urban and industrial areas |
| Wetlands (inland) |
30 |
Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation |
| Forest |
20 |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest |
| Grassland |
20 |
Humid grasslands |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
30 |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
25 |
| forestry |
25 |
| hunting |
25 |
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 22/12/2024.
