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The site was identified as important in 2002 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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2000-2002	150-170 males	A1, C1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2002. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Corncrake Crex crex	160	100	males	63	unfavourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1989	Čenkovička	Prírodní památka (PP)	<1
1998	Chrastický hadec	Prírodní památka (PP)	<1
2005	Králický Sněžník	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2005	Pod Rudným vrchem	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2005	Tichá Orlice	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2005	Branná - hrad	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2005	Hanušovice - kostel	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2005	Chrastický hadec	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2005	Vyri skaly	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2005	Polachovy strane	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2012	Pod Rudným vrchem	Prírodní památka (PP)	<1
2012	Poláchovy stráně - Výří skály	Prírodní památka (PP)	<1
2013	Hanušovice - kostel	Prírodní památka (PP)	-
2016	Poláchovy stráně - Výří skály	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		38
Forest		34
Artificial/Terrestrial		26
Wetlands (inland)		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kralicky Sneznik (Czechia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kralicky-sneznik-iba-czechia on 23/11/2024.