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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1989	Poda	Zashtitena Mestnost (VI)	2
1989	Poda Lagoon	Protected Landscape (-)	2
1990	Ustie na reka Izvorska	Zashtitena Mestnost (VI)	3
1990	Izvorska Mouth	Protected Landscape (-)	3
2005	Uzungeren	Zashtitena Mestnost (VI)	4

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

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 23/12/2024.