Mount Biokovo and Rilic (Croatia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Mount Biokovo and Rilic

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2010 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
Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca	NT	resident	2010	400-1,000 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	2010	min 3,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding	2010	150-300 breeding pairs	C6
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	2010	min 3,000 individuals	B1iv, C5

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2010) may differ.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mount Biokovo and Rilic (Croatia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mount-biokovo-and-rilic-iba-croatia on 23/11/2024.