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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
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	2010	5-20 breeding pairs	C6
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	2010	20-60 breeding pairs	C6
Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla	LC	breeding	2010	10-20 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	2010	20-40 males	C2, C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	2010	150-200 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	breeding	2010	2-4 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	2010	7-8 breeding pairs	C6
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor	LC	breeding	2010	80-120 breeding pairs	C6
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon	LC	winter	2010	3,000-6,000 individuals	C2, C6

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2010. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	likely in short term (within 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Natural system modifications	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1965	Pod gredom	Posebni rezervat	2
1965	Prud	Posebni rezervat	2
1968	Predolac - Šibenica	Značajni krajobraz	<1
1974	Modro oko i jezero Desne	Značajni krajobraz	1
1974	Delta Neretve - jugoistoèni dio	Posebni rezervat	1
1974	Orepak	Posebni rezervat	<1
1983	Malostonski zaljev	Posebni rezervat	4
1993	Neretva River Delta	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	51
2013	Delta Neretve	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	91
2013	Delta Neretve	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	91

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Neretva Delta (Croatia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/neretva-delta-iba-croatia on 23/11/2024.