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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
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	winter	1997	120-200 individuals	A1, C1
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	winter	1997	300-500 individuals	B1i, C3
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding	1996	6-20 breeding pairs	C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	passage	1996	10,000-15,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding	1996	1-6 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	passage	1996	100-500 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	resident	1998	3-6 breeding pairs	C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1996	15-30 breeding pairs	C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	2005	50 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	1998	2-18 nests	C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	1998	2-18 nests	C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1996	80-100 breeding pairs	C6
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	non-breeding	1996	20-40 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	winter	1997	9-40 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage	1996	20-40 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	passage	1996	3-220 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1998	28 breeding pairs	C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	1998	20-450 breeding pairs	C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	1997	10-15 breeding pairs	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1998	40-60 breeding pairs	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1998	40-60 breeding pairs	C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	resident	1998	1 breeding pairs	C6
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris	LC	winter	1996	500-2,000 individuals	B3

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
1995	Bezimenen Island	Protected Landscape	1
2001	Kalimok - Brashlen	Zashtitena Mestnost	59
2001	Kalimok-Brushlen	Protected Landscape	100
2002	Dunav	State Game Husbandries	32
2005	Kalimok - Brashlen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	80
2007	Kompleks Kalimok	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	64
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands	29
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	7

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kalimok Complex (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kalimok-complex-iba-bulgaria on 22/11/2024.