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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
Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis	VU	winter	2001	60 individuals	A1, C1
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	winter	1996	17-505 individuals	B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	winter	1996	1,000-50,550 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea	LC	breeding	1998	4 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding	1998	60 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding	1998	15-35 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	breeding	1998	15-50 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1996	20 breeding pairs	C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1998	50-150 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	1998	60 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	1998	50 breeding pairs	C6
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	breeding	1998	4-20 breeding pairs	C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1998	50-100 breeding pairs	C6
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus	NT	breeding	1998	20-110 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2, C6
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter	1997	3-58 individuals	A1, C1
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	breeding	1996	15 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1998	3-15 breeding pairs	C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	1998	150-500 breeding pairs	B1i, C2, C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	1998	3-9 breeding pairs	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1998	40 breeding pairs	C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	resident	1998	1 breeding pairs	C6
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris	LC	winter	1997	5,000-10,000 individuals	B3

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
1948	Srebarna	Poddarzhan Rezarvat	62
1975	Srebarna	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	94
1977	Réserve Srébarna	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	62
1983	Srebarna Nature Reserve	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	62
1983	Pelikanite	Zashtitena Mestnost	28
1983	Srebarna	Buffer Zone	38
2003	Srebarna	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2007	Srebarna	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
not utilised	63
tourism/recreation	37

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