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The site was identified as important in 2004 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	1995-2003	80-160 males	C1
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	breeding	1995-2003	7 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	7	7	breeding pairs	100	favourable

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	Unknown	Unknown	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1974	Uhliska	Protected Site	<1
1979	Bišar - OP	Buffer Zone of a National Nature Reserve, Nature Reserve, National Nature Monument, Nature Monument;	<1
1979	Bišar	Prírodná rezervácia / súkromná prírodná rezervácia	<1
1980	Valalská voda	Prírodná rezervácia / súkromná prírodná rezervácia	<1
1988	Hájik	Prírodná rezervácia / súkromná prírodná rezervácia	<1
1990	Podhorské	Prírodná pamiatka / súkromná prírodná pamiatka	-
1990	Jazerec	Prírodná pamiatka / súkromná prírodná pamiatka	-
2004	Ordzovianska Dubina	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Spisskopodhradske strane	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Levocska dubina	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Torysa	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2011	Levocske vrchy	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	84
2017	Stredny tok Popradu	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2017	Valalska voda	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2017	Kolackovsky potok	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland, Treeline ecotone	60
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations, Urban parks and gardens, Other urban and industrial areas, Ruderal land	25
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland, Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	10
Shrubland	Scrub	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	95
forestry	60
military	45
agriculture	25
urban/industrial/transport	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Levočské hills (Slovakia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/levočské-hills-iba-slovakia on 23/11/2024.