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The site was identified as important in 2011 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
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	breeding	2002-2010	100-150 breeding pairs	C6
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	breeding	2011	50-70 males	C6
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	breeding	2008-2011	20-30 breeding pairs	C6
Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus	LC	breeding	2002-2011	50-70 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1999	Za blatom	naravni rezervat	<1
1999	Barje Ledina	naravni rezervat	<1
2004	Ratitovec - Jelovica	ekološko pomembno območje	95
2004	Jelovica	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	97
2004	Jelovica	posebno varstveno območje	94
2004	Ratitovec	posebno varstveno območje	9
2004	Ratitovec	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	11
2004	Blato na Jelovici	posebno varstveno območje	<1
2004	Ledina na Jelovici	posebno varstveno območje	<1
2004	Ledina Na Jelovici	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Blato Na Jelovici	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland, Native coniferous woodland	major (>10)
Wetlands (inland)	Raised bogs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	major (>10)
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jelovica plateau (Slovenia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jelovica-plateau-iba-slovenia on 23/11/2024.