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The site was identified as important in 2005 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	1996	70-330 breeding pairs	B2
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	resident	1996	86-615 breeding pairs	C6
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	resident	1996	57-65 males	C6
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	resident	1998	5-10 breeding pairs	C6
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	resident	1996	32-55 breeding pairs	C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	1996	4 breeding pairs	C6
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus	LC	resident	1996	34-56 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident	1996	56-84 breeding pairs	C6
Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus	LC	resident	1996	6-26 breeding pairs	C6
White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos	LC	resident	1996	97-280 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	LC	resident	1996	64-100 breeding pairs	B2
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	breeding	1996	5-6 breeding pairs	C6
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident	1996	48-200 breeding pairs	A3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	resident	1996	58-68 breeding pairs	A3
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	LC	breeding	1996	1,820-5,510 breeding pairs	B3
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus	LC	resident	1996	930-2,860 breeding pairs	B3
European Robin Erithacus rubecula	LC	resident	1996	5,740-27,860 breeding pairs	B3
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush Monticola saxatilis	LC	breeding	1996	23-53 breeding pairs	B2
Goldcrest Regulus regulus	LC	resident	1996	640-5,990 breeding pairs	B3
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	breeding	1996	154-390 breeding pairs	A3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1934	Baiuvi dupki-Dzhindzhiritsa	Rezervat	4
1962	Pirin	Nacionalen Park	51
1965	Vodopad Popina laka	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	-
1976	Kioshkata	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	-
1977	Réserve Doupki-Djindjiritza	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	-
1983	Pirin National Park	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	51
1985	Oreliak	Rezervat	1
1985	Lazhnitsa	Zashtitena Mestnost	1
1989	Krushe	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1994	Yulen	Rezervat	4
2006	Pirin	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	51
2006	Sreden Pirin - Alibotush	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	25
2006	Kresna - Ilindentsi	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	10
2006	Reka Mesta	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
2007	Pirin	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	51
2007	Krushe	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2011	Pirin bufer	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	40
2013	Sharaliiska peshtera	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pirin (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pirin-iba-bulgaria on 22/11/2024.