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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
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	non-breeding	1996	2-13 individuals	A1, C1
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	1996	212-1,665 breeding pairs	C6
Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus	LC	resident	1996	100-240 breeding pairs	B3
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	resident	1996	2 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla	LC	breeding	1996	80-100 breeding pairs	C6
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva	LC	breeding	1996	10-20 breeding pairs	C6

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
1969	Piasachnik Haydushkata Bachva	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1969	Zmeevi dupki	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1969	Halkata	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1969	Kushbunar	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1980	Sinite kamani	Priroden Park	73
1983	Kutelka	Rezervat	4
2003	Sinite kamani	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	73
2005	Grebenets	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	20
2007	Sinite kamani - Grebenets	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2007	Orlite	Zashtitena Mestnost	2
2011	Lale bair	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2012	Trakiiski klin	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sinite Kamani-Grebenets (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sinite-kamani-grebenets-iba-bulgaria on 23/11/2024.