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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	winter	1997	24-202 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1997	9-599 individuals	B1i, C2
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	winter	2000	16,878 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	winter	1997	10,000-36,855 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	winter	2001	98 individuals	A1, C1
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding	1996	30-37 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	breeding	1996	1-30 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1998	45-75 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	2003	43 breeding pairs	C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	1996	30 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	1996	16-20 breeding pairs	C6
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	winter	2000	446 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1996	50-72 breeding pairs	C6
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	winter	1997	11-203 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus	LC	passage	1996	203-2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter	1997	19-320 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter	1997	15-1,873 individuals	B1i, C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1996	5-15 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1996	12-25 breeding pairs	C6
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris	CR	passage	1996	1 individuals	A1, C1
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding	1998	2-12 breeding pairs	C6
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1995	6-20 breeding pairs	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1991	10-72 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	resident	1998	3 breeding pairs	C6
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1996-2003	24,733-98,660 individuals	A4iv, B1iv, C5
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	-	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii, C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1989	Poda	Zashtitena Mestnost	2
1989	Poda Lagoon	Protected Landscape	2
1990	Ustie na reka Izvorska	Zashtitena Mestnost	3
1990	Izvorska Mouth	Protected Landscape	3
2002	Poda	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	5
2005	Mandra - Poda	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2005	Uzungeren	Zashtitena Mestnost	4
2007	Mandra - Poda	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		98
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	1
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	90
hunting	85
urban/industrial/transport	10
nature conservation and research	4
agriculture	2
forestry	1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mandra-Poda complex (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mandra-poda-complex-iba-bulgaria on 23/11/2024.