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Country/territory: Slovakia

IBA criteria met: C1, C6 (2004)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here

Area: 107,736 hectares (1,077.36 km²)

Slovak Ornithological Society / BirdLife Slovakia

Site summary
The site is located in hilly country with meadows and pastures along the Laborec, Udava, Vyrava, Otka, and Cirocha rivers. Prevailing habitats are beech forest, temporary forest habitats, and mosaic agricultu­ral land. The area is used for forestry, hunting, and cattle and sheep grazing. Important populations of forest birds, birds of prey and owls nest in this area. The site has special importance for those birds which inhabit river courses and riverbank vegetation. Non-regulated forestry activities are the most serious thre­ats to birds. The site is proposed as an SPA.

Acknowledgements
Spoluautori: Boris Maderič.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Laborecká upland (Slovakia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/laborecká-upland-iba-slovakia on 23/12/2024.