The site was identified as important in 2011 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Species |
Red List1 |
Season |
Year(s) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
Greylag Goose Anser anser |
LC |
winter |
1990-1999 |
max 700 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons |
LC |
winter |
1990-1999 |
100-1,800 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula |
LC |
winter |
1995-1999 |
1,500-3,500 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
Smew Mergellus albellus |
LC |
winter |
1997-2011 |
40-150 individuals |
C6 |
Goosander Mergus merganser |
LC |
winter |
2002-2010 |
75-280 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata |
LC |
winter |
2000-2010 |
5-30 individuals |
B1i, C2 |
Black Stork Ciconia nigra |
LC |
breeding |
2000-2010 |
5-7 breeding pairs |
B2, C6 |
Great White Egret Ardea alba |
LC |
winter |
2000-2010 |
70-210 individuals |
C6 |
Little Egret Egretta garzetta |
LC |
passage |
2007-2010 |
50-120 individuals |
C6 |
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus |
LC |
winter |
2008-2010 |
150-380 individuals |
C6 |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
breeding |
2001-2009 |
2-19 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus |
NT |
breeding |
2000-2010 |
100-200 breeding pairs |
B2 |
Ruff Calidris pugnax |
LC |
passage |
2000-2010 |
2,000-2,900 individuals |
C6 |
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola |
LC |
passage |
2000-2010 |
3,700-5,400 individuals |
C6 |
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus |
LC |
passage |
2009-2010 |
1,100-3,200 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus |
LC |
passage |
2003-2011 |
23,300-30,200 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis |
LC |
passage |
2008-2010 |
10,000-20,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Black Tern Chlidonias niger |
LC |
passage |
2008-2010 |
3,500-16,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo |
LC |
breeding |
1999-2010 |
80-145 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus |
LC |
passage |
2002-2011 |
260-1,700 individuals |
C6 |
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus |
LC |
winter |
2000-2010 |
15-30 individuals |
C6 |
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus |
LC |
passage |
2000-2010 |
190-390 individuals |
C6 |
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla |
LC |
breeding |
2000-2010 |
2 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis |
LC |
breeding |
2006-2010 |
18-35 breeding pairs |
B2, C6 |
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis |
LC |
breeding |
2000-2010 |
300-420 breeding pairs |
B3, C6 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter |
2002-2010 |
20,000-30,000 individuals |
A4iii, C4 |
1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.
Year |
Protected Area |
Designation |
% overlap with IBA |
- |
xx |
Unknown |
<1 |
1947 |
Ormož, grajski park
|
spomenik oblikovane narave |
<1 |
1951 |
Mariborski otok na Dravi
|
naravni spomenik |
-
|
1979 |
Lipa, Markovci, ob kapeli v središču vasi
|
naravni spomenik |
-
|
1979 |
Krajinski park Šturmovec
|
krajinski park |
<1 |
1979 |
Sekvoja, Orešje, Hincejevo, Kmetijski kombinat Ptuj
|
naravni spomenik |
-
|
1979 |
Borl, varovano območje gradu Borl
|
spomenik oblikovane narave |
-
|
1979 |
Zavrč, nasad eksot pri gradu
|
spomenik oblikovane narave |
-
|
1979 |
Spomenik narave - naravni gozd med cesto Borl - Zavrč in Dravo
|
naravni spomenik |
-
|
1992 |
Krajinski park Drava
|
krajinski park |
2 |
1992 |
Drava - stara struga, hidrološki naravni spomenik
|
naravni spomenik |
2 |
1992 |
Krajinski park Mariborsko jezero
|
krajinski park |
<1 |
1992 |
Naravni in gozdni rezervat Zlatoličje
|
naravni rezervat |
1 |
1992 |
Krajinski park Kamenščak - Hrastovec
|
krajinski park |
<1 |
1992 |
Rezervat Ormoško jezero
|
naravni rezervat |
<1 |
1992 |
Dupleški log - gozd naravni spomenik
|
naravni spomenik |
<1 |
1992 |
Mariborski otok - površinsko geomorfološki in botanični naravni spomenik
|
naravni spomenik |
<1 |
1992 |
Miklavž - izviri in ribniki - hidrološki, zoološki in botanični naravni spomenik
|
naravni spomenik |
<1 |
1992 |
Brezje - Ptičji gozd, Gaj - ornitološki naravni spomenik
|
naravni spomenik |
<1 |
1992 |
Bresternica - nasad eksot
|
spomenik oblikovane narave |
<1 |
1992 |
Meljski hrib
|
naravni rezervat |
<1 |
1992 |
Vurberg - območje gradu
|
spomenik oblikovane narave |
<1 |
1992 |
Kamnica - Huzarski skok - površinsko geomorfološki in hidrološki naravni spomenik
|
naravni spomenik |
<1 |
1992 |
Zgornji Duplek - kamnolomi litotamnijskega apnenca - geološki naravni spomenik
|
naravni spomenik |
-
|
1992 |
Lemeževa lipa - dendrološki naravni spomenik
|
naravni spomenik |
-
|
1992 |
Duplek - rastišči rakitovca - botanični naravni spomenik
|
naravni spomenik |
-
|
1992 |
Dupleški log - gozd naravni spomenik (Dupleški log forest) |
Nature Monument |
<1 |
1992 |
Naravni in gozdni rezervat Zlatolicje |
Nature and Forest Reserve |
<1 |
1992 |
Miklavž - izviri in ribniki - hidrološki, zoološki in botanični naravni spomenik (springs and fishponds; hydrological, zoological and botanical nature monument) |
Nature Monument |
<1 |
1992 |
Malečnik - Topol - denrološki naravni spomenik
|
naravni spomenik |
-
|
1992 |
Vurberg - obmocje gradu |
Monument of formed / modelled nature |
<1 |
1992 |
Zrkovci - lipa na polju - dendrološki naravni spomenik
|
naravni spomenik |
-
|
1992 |
Kamnica - Huzarski skok - površinsko geomorfološki in hidrološki naravni spomenik (geomorphological and hydrological nature monument) |
Nature Monument |
<1 |
1992 |
Naravni rezervat Struga
|
naravni rezervat |
<1 |
1992 |
Ormož, Dob ob izviru Lešnice
|
naravni spomenik |
-
|
1992 |
Drava - stara struga, hidrološki naravni spomenik (old riverbed of Drava river, hydrological nature monument) |
Nature Monument |
<1 |
1992 |
Zgornji Duplek - kraški izvir - hidrološki naravni spomenik
|
naravni spomenik |
-
|
1992 |
Brezje - Ptičji gozd, Gaj - ornitološki naravni spomenik (ornithological nature monument) |
Nature Monument |
<1 |
1992 |
Zgornji Duplek - Podzemska jama - geomorfološki in zoološki naravni spomenik
|
naravni spomenik |
-
|
1992 |
Loka pri Rošnji - rastišče Rakitovca ob Miklavškem potoku - botanični naravni spomenik
|
naravni spomenik |
-
|
1992 |
Mariborski otok - površinsko geomorfološki in botanični naravni spomenik (geomorphological and botanical nature monument) |
Nature Monument |
<1 |
1992 |
Ferlovi tisi - dendrološki naravni spomenik
|
naravni spomenik |
-
|
1994 |
Maribor-vinska trta
|
naravni spomenik |
-
|
2004 |
Drava - spodnja
|
ekološko pomembno območje |
70 |
2004 |
Drava
|
posebno varstveno območje |
67 |
2004 |
Drava
|
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) |
7 |
2004 |
Drava
|
posebno varstveno območje |
26 |
2004 |
Drava
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
3 |
2004 |
Zgornja Drava
|
ekološko pomembno območje |
12 |
2004 |
Zgornja Drava S Pritoki
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
1 |
2004 |
Zgornja Drava s pritoki
|
posebno varstveno območje |
7 |
2004 |
Središče ob Dravi - Hraščica
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
<1 |
2004 |
Središče ob Dravi - Hraščica
|
posebno varstveno območje |
1 |
2017 |
Naravni rezervat Ormoške lagune
|
Nature Reserve |
<1 |
1.