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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
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	winter	1997	100-200 individuals	A1, C1
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	winter	1997	100-500 individuals	B1i, C3
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1997	50-150 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	1996	5-50 breeding pairs	C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1996	20 breeding pairs	C6
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	winter	1997	20-40 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	breeding	1996	10-30 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter	1997	500-1,200 individuals	B1i, C3

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
1979	Saya Kulak	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1995	Ostrov Pozharevo	Zashtitena Mestnost	5
1995	Maluk Pozarevo	Protected Landscape	7
2004	Pozharevo - Garvan	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2007	Ostrov Pozharevo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	98
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	98
fisheries/aquaculture	2

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pozharevo Island (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pozharevo-island-iba-bulgaria on 26/11/2024.