The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2019 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1989 |
Prohor Pciniski |
Landscape Nature Reserve (-) |
1 |
| 1996 |
Dolina Pcinje
|
Predeli izuzetnih odlika (V) |
18 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
35 |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Wooded steppe |
| Shrubland |
25 |
Scrub; Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
15 |
Scree & boulders; Inland cliffs |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
10 |
Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Forestry plantations; Urban parks and gardens; Ruderal land |
| Grassland |
10 |
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland; Dry siliceous grassland |
| Wetlands (inland) |
3 |
Rivers and streams |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| forestry |
30 |
| not utilised |
30 |
| agriculture |
15 |
| urban/industrial/transport |
10 |
| tourism/recreation |
5 |
| hunting |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pcinja (Serbia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pcinja-iba-serbia on 13/01/2025.
