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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding (2000)	20–160 pairs	B2, C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding (2000)	30–100 pairs	C6
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	breeding (2000)	3–8 pairs	C6
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter (1997)	50–800 birds	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	passage (1996)	30–800 birds	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2001	Ayazmoto	Zashtitena Mestnost (VI)	11

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	98	Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation
Artificial/Terrestrial	2	Arable land

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
water management	98
fisheries/aquaculture	98
agriculture	2

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Konush Reservoir (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/konush-reservoir-iba-bulgaria on 27/12/2024.