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The site was identified as important in 2004 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	1995-2003	15-25 males	C6
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	1995-2003	10-20 males	C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	1995-2003	50-60 breeding pairs	C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1995-2003	6-15 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	1995-2003	20-30 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding	1995-2003	30-60 breeding pairs	C6
Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus	LC	breeding	1995-2003	30-70 breeding pairs	C6
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor	LC	breeding	1995-2003	20-30 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1992	Volavčia kolónia	Chránený areál / súkromný chránený areál	<1
1998	Poiplie	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	4
2004	Poiplie	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	93
2004	Aluvium Ipla	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2004	Cudeninsky mociar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2004	Dalovsky mociar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2004	Ryžovisko	Prírodná rezervácia / súkromná prírodná rezervácia	1
2004	Kiarovsky mociar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2004	Ipeľské hony	Prírodná rezervácia / súkromná prírodná rezervácia	<1
2004	Ipelske hony	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Kiarovský močiar	Prírodná rezervácia / súkromná prírodná rezervácia	<1
2009	Cúdeninský močiar	Prírodná rezervácia / súkromná prírodná rezervácia	1
2012	Dálovský močiar	Prírodná rezervácia / súkromná prírodná rezervácia	<1
2017	Horny tok Ipla	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2017	Stredny tok Ipla	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2017	Galamia	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	60
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs	20
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Urban parks and gardens, Other urban and industrial areas, Ruderal land	15
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	85
agriculture	65
urban/industrial/transport	10
fisheries/aquaculture	5
water management	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Poiplie (Slovakia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/poiplie-iba-slovakia on 23/11/2024.