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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
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	resident	1996	50-485 breeding pairs	C6
Ural Owl Strix uralensis	LC	resident	1996	4 breeding pairs	C6
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus	LC	resident	1996	11 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	breeding	1996	5 breeding pairs	C6
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	1996	11-107 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla	LC	breeding	1996	32-290 breeding pairs	B2
Eurasian Green Woodpecker Picus viridis	LC	resident	1996	60-480 breeding pairs	B2
White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos	LC	resident	1996	9-80 breeding pairs	C6
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor	LC	breeding	1996	22-186 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	resident	1996	430-4,030 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	LC	breeding	1996	2,050-20,550 breeding pairs	B3
Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	LC	resident	1996	5,120-39,450 breeding pairs	B3
European Robin Erithacus rubecula	LC	resident	1996	5,800-53,600 breeding pairs	B3
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva	LC	breeding	1998	25-250 breeding pairs	C6
Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	LC	resident	1996	17,200-58,880 breeding pairs	B3
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding	1996	220-980 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
1951	Oborishte	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1962	Barikadite	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1963	Sakaradja	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1963	Bratiya	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1966	Varlishnitsa	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1966	Chivira	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1968	Venetsa	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1968	Haydushki kladenets	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1968	Manzul	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1968	Sivata gramada	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1968	Dushkov pchelin	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1968	Konskoto dere	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1968	Bich	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1970	Kazanite	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1972	Bogdan	Poddarzhan Rezarvat	<1
1972	Kiselitzata	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1972	Goranitza	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1972	Skalno obrazuvanie	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1972	Skalno obrazuvanie	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1972	Grekinski giol	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1972	Garvanov kamak	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1972	Turchanov kamak	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1972	Smilovene	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1974	Srednogorets	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1975	Dabite-Konska poliana	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1979	Donkina gora	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1987	Srednata poliana	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1995	Vran kamak	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2005	Reka Stryama	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2006	Sredna gora	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	84
2007	Sredna gora	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2007	Nevida	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1

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