Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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 |
| Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula |
LC |
winter (1997) |
235 birds |
B1i |
| Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina |
LC |
winter (1996) |
726–1,405 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis |
LC |
winter (1997) |
991 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Eurasian Coot Fulica atra |
LC |
winter (1996) |
26,633–40,765 birds |
A4i, B1i |
| Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus |
LC |
winter (1996) |
182–215 birds |
A1, A4i, B1i |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (1996) |
20,000-49,999 birds |
A4iii |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| - |
Ligeni Pogradecit |
Landscape Protected Area (-) |
100
|
| 1999 |
Liqeni i Pogradecit
|
Protected Landscape (category V IUCN) (V) |
100
|
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Wetlands (inland) |
85 |
Standing freshwater |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
10 |
Arable land; Forestry plantations |
| Shrubland |
5 |
Heathland |
| Forest |
- |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
85 |
| hunting |
10 |
| agriculture |
5 |
| tourism/recreation |
5 |
| forestry |
5 |
| urban/industrial/transport |
5 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Ohrid and surrounding area (Albania). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-ohrid-and-surrounding-area-iba-albania on 23/12/2024.
