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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
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus	LC	breeding	1998	110-911 breeding pairs	C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1998	8 breeding pairs	C6
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage	1998	35 individuals	A1, C1
Little Owl Athene noctua	LC	resident	1998	50-88 breeding pairs	B2
Eurasian Scops-owl Otus scops	LC	breeding	1998	34-286 breeding pairs	B2
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	breeding	1998	1 breeding pairs	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	2000	11 breeding pairs	C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1996	3-4 breeding pairs	C6
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	breeding	1998	7 breeding pairs	C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	2000	4 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Eurasian Green Woodpecker Picus viridis	LC	resident	1998	126-800 breeding pairs	B2
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus	LC	resident	1998	34-47 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident	1998	34-104 breeding pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	1998	800-1,000 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus	LC	resident	1998	95-632 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	1998	2 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	breeding	1998	383-2,475 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria	LC	breeding	1998	47-372 breeding pairs	C6
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata	LC	breeding	2000	173-556 breeding pairs	B2, C6
European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	LC	breeding	1998	730-6,220 breeding pairs	B3
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding	1998	292-1,020 breeding pairs	C6
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1996	min 80,000 individuals	A4iv, B1iv, C5

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
1941	Tchudnite Skali	National Monument	<1
1949	Chudnite skali	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1965	Orlov kamak	Zashtitena Mestnost	-
1965	Orlov kamak	National Monument	<1
1968	Varbov Dol	Poddarzhan Rezarvat	<1
1968	Kirov Dol	Poddarzhan Rezarvat	<1
1968	Valchi Prohod	Poddarzhan Rezarvat	<1
1968	Pregrada	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1968	Siniat vir	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1968	Siniat Vir	National Monument	<1
1968	Valtchi Prehod	Managed Reserve	<1
1968	Kirov Dol	Reserve	<1
1974	Svinska glava	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1974	Kostenurkata	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	-
1982	Gorska baraka	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1984	Profesora	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1986	Varbov Dol	Buffer Zone	<1
1986	Kirov Dol	Buffer Zone	<1
1986	Valtchi Prehod	Buffer Zone	<1
2002	Sherba	State Game Husbandries	18
2002	Nesebar	State Game Husbandries	2
2003	Plazh Shkorpilovtsi	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5
2003	Belite skali	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
2004	Kamchiyska i Emenska planina	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	72
2004	Reka Dolna Luda Kamchia	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2005	Reka Kamchia	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2006	Kozya reka	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2007	Kamchiyska planina	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2007	Mihov dol	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2007	Debelets	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2007	Solnik	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	85
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	7
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Other urban and industrial areas	5
Shrubland	Scrub	1
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	85
hunting	60
agriculture	14
tourism/recreation	2
urban/industrial/transport	1
fisheries/aquaculture	1
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kamchiyska Mountain (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kamchiyska-mountain-iba-bulgaria on 23/11/2024.