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Malak Preslavets marsh


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2005 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
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida LC breeding (1996) 13–50 pairs C6

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1986 Blatoto Malak preslavetz Zashtitena Mestnost (VI) 37


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Malak Preslavets marsh (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/malak-preslavets-marsh-iba-bulgaria on 24/12/2024.