Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus |
LC |
winter (1997) |
162–261 birds |
B1i, C2 |
| Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis |
VU |
winter (1997) |
20,000–55,845 birds |
A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2 |
| Greylag Goose Anser anser |
LC |
winter (2003) |
3,273 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons |
LC |
winter (1997) |
61,900–177,335 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus |
VU |
winter (1998) |
15–50 birds |
A1, C1 |
| Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca |
NT |
passage (1996) |
10–88 birds |
A1, C1 |
| Mallard Anas platyrhynchos |
LC |
winter (1997) |
3,045–62,210 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus |
LC |
winter (2001) |
286 birds |
A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2 |
| Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus |
LC |
passage (1997) |
5–392 birds |
A1, C1 |
| Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
5–9 pairs |
C6 |
| Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
10–14 pairs |
B2, C6 |
| Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
4–10 pairs |
C6 |
| Mew Gull Larus canus |
LC |
winter (1999) |
285 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Little Tern Sternula albifrons |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
6–8 pairs |
C6 |
| Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus |
VU |
breeding (1995) |
8–16 pairs |
B2, C6 |
| A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes |
n/a |
passage (1997) |
6,500 birds |
B1iv, C5 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (1997) |
100,000-499,999 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1995 |
Shablensko ezero
|
Zashtitena Mestnost (VI) |
17 |
| 1995 |
Shabla Lake |
Protected Landscape (-) |
16 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
62 |
Arable land; Forestry plantations; Other urban and industrial areas |
| Marine Neritic |
13 |
|
| Grassland |
6 |
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland; Mesophile grasslands |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
| Marine Intertidal |
- |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| water management |
68 |
| agriculture |
32 |
| hunting |
30 |
| tourism/recreation |
1 |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Shabla Lake Complex (Bulgaria). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/shabla-lake-complex-iba-bulgaria on 23/12/2024.
