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The site was identified as important in 2010 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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2000-2003	64-70 males	C1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2000-2003	11-14 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	breeding	1997-2003	35-40 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2010) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2010. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Forest	-	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable
Grassland	-	moderate (70-90%)	near favourable
Other	-	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Pollution	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Energy production and mining	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1993	Park Narodowy Gór Stołowych	Park Narodowy	31
2001	Góry Stołowe	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	55
2004	Góry Stołowe	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	99
2004	Grodczyn i Homole koło Dusznik	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2006	Góry Orlickie	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		66
Grassland		19
Other		7
Artificial/Terrestrial		6
Wetlands (inland)		2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Stolowe Mountains (Poland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/stolowe-mountains-iba-poland on 23/11/2024.