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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
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1996	2-18 breeding pairs	C6
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	1996	2-18 breeding pairs	C6
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	breeding	1996	1-9 breeding pairs	C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	1998	11-25 breeding pairs	C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	1996	3-25 breeding pairs	C6
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	passage	1996	100 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	resident	1998	1 breeding pairs	C6
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	passage	1996	1,000 individuals	B1iii, C2
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata	LC	breeding	1998	110 breeding pairs	B2, C6
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1996	7,800 individuals	B1iv, C5

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
1962	Vodnite Lilii (Veliov Vir)	Poddarzhan Rezarvat	<1
1973	Skalni obrazuvania	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	1
1973	Maslen Nos	National Monument	<1
1975	Ropotamo Complex	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1984	Piasachni diuni v mestnost Perla	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	1
1984	Piasachni diuni	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1984	Pyassachni Dyuni	National Monument	<1
1986	Blatoto Alepu	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	5
1986	Alepu Lake	National Monument	4
1991	Stamopolu	Zashtitena Mestnost	1
1992	Ropotamo	Rezervat	25
1992	Ropotamo	Buffer Zone	20
2002	Ropotamo	State Game Husbandries	73
2006	Ropotamo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2007	Kompleks Ropotamo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2012	Beglik tash - Ropotamo	Zashtitena Mestnost	18

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	71
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	4
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	2
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	58
hunting	40
tourism/recreation	7
urban/industrial/transport	2

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