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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
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	2001	600 individuals	C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	2001	1,400 individuals	C3
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding	2001	40 breeding pairs	C1, C6
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	passage	2001	880 individuals	C3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	2001	21,000 individuals	C2
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding	2001	60 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	2001	20 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	2001	47 breeding pairs	C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	2001	500-550 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	2001	110 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	2001	86 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	breeding	2001	310 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	2001	100 breeding pairs	C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	2001	80-100 adults	C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	2001	14 breeding pairs	C6
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	breeding	2001	1-3 breeding pairs	C6
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	breeding	2001	120-130 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	2001	20 breeding pairs	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2001	120 breeding pairs	C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding	2001	2 breeding pairs	C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	winter	2001	15 individuals	C1
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2001	25 breeding pairs	C6
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon	LC	breeding	2001	30-40 breeding pairs	C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	breeding	2001	25 adults	C6

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1971	Mártélyi	Tájvédelmi Körzet	8
1976	Pusztaszeri	Tájvédelmi Körzet	76
1979	Pusztaszer	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	17
1979	Mártély	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	8
2003	Alsó-Tisza hullámtér	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	23
2003	Baksi-puszta	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	15
2004	Alsó-Tisza-völgy	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	93

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations, Other urban and industrial areas	50
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Standing brackish and salt water, Water fringe vegetation	22
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	20
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	8

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	60
forestry	13
fisheries/aquaculture	12
nature conservation and research	5
other	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lower Tisza Valley (Hungary). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lower-tisza-valley-iba-hungary on 23/11/2024.