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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
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding	1995-2003	32 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1995-2003	5-11 breeding pairs	C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1995-2003	80-130 breeding pairs	C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	1995-2003	24 breeding pairs	C6
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	breeding	1995-2003	43-65 breeding pairs	C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1995-2003	10-20 breeding pairs	C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1995-2003	11 breeding pairs	C6
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	passage	1995-2003	30,000 individuals	C4
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	1995-2003	200 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	1995-2003	20-40 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1995-2003	30,000 individuals	C4

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
1990	Senné fishponds	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	29
2004	Senianske rybniky	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2004	Senianske rybníky	Národná prírodná rezervácia	14
2004	Senianske rybníky - OP	Ochranné pásmo NPR, PR, NPP a PP	14
2004	Senianske rybniky	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	14

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	50
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	40
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas, Ruderal land	5
Shrubland	Scrub	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	80
agriculture	40
fisheries/aquaculture	35
tourism/recreation	35
nature conservation and research	15

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