Petrovac poljes (Bosnia and Herzegovina) IBA | Details

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Petrovac poljes

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2018 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
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis	LC	passage (2015–2018)	min 200 birds	B1a

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2018. The most recent assessment (2018) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2018	not assessed	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Other	58
Grassland	30
Forest	5	Broadleaved deciduous woodland
Shrubland	5	Scrub
Wetlands (inland)	1	Rivers and streams

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	80
urban/industrial/transport	8
tourism/recreation	minor (<10)
hunting	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Petrovac poljes (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/petrovac-poljes-iba-bosnia-and-herzegovina on 06/12/2024.