The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2005 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
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 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1979 |
Saya Kulak
|
Zashtitena Mestnost (VI) |
<1 |
| 1995 |
Ostrov Pozharevo
|
Zashtitena Mestnost (VI) |
5 |
| 1995 |
Maluk Pozarevo |
Protected Landscape (-) |
7 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
98 |
Alluvial and very wet forest |
| Wetlands (inland) |
2 |
Rivers and streams |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| hunting |
98 |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
2 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pozharevo Island (Bulgaria). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pozharevo-island-iba-bulgaria on 14/01/2025.
