Orlicke Zahori (Czechia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Orlicke Zahori

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2002 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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2002	30-35 males	A1, C1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2002. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2010	very unfavourable	medium	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Corncrake Crex crex	30	9	males	30	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Very little or no conservation action taking place	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1969	Orlicke hory	Protected Landscape Area	100
1970	Orlické hory	Chránená krajinná oblast (CHKO)	90
1982	Bedřichovka	Prírodní rezervace (PR)	1
1982	Trčkovská louka	Prírodní rezervace (PR)	1
1982	Bedrichovka	Nature Reserve	1
1982	Trckovska louka	Nature Reserve	1
2004	Orlické Záhoří	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	89
2005	Trčkov	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
2009	Zaorlicko	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Patronatni skupina Orlicke Zahori	2004

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		85
Artificial/Terrestrial		8
Wetlands (inland)		4
Forest		3

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)
hunting	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Orlicke Zahori (Czechia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/orlicke-zahori-iba-czechia on 23/11/2024.