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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
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1996	1-9 breeding pairs	C6
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	breeding	1996	1-9 breeding pairs	C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1998	13-14 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1996	4 breeding pairs	C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	1998	4-6 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	breeding	1998	16-24 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	1996	5-7 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	1998	3-5 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	resident	1998	33-49 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla	LC	breeding	1996	114-166 breeding pairs	B2
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus	LC	resident	1998	80 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	1997	830-1,100 breeding pairs	B3, C6
White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos	LC	resident	1998	90-300 breeding pairs	C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	resident	1998	396-3,970 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum	LC	breeding	1998	40-270 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata	LC	breeding	1998	100 breeding pairs	B2, C6
European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	LC	resident	1998	1,250-12,420 breeding pairs	B3
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding	1998	586-5,850 breeding pairs	B2, C6
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1996-2005	285,000 individuals	A4iv, B1iv, C5

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
1931	Silkosia	Rezervat	<1
1931	Silkossia	Reserve	<1
1956	Uzunbodjak	Rezervat	2
1956	Uzunbodzak	Reserve	2
1971	Petrova niva	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1973	Estestveno nahodishte na Piren	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1973	Maharata v mestnost Sarpia	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1973	Pesterata	National Monument	<1
1974	Gradishteto- hvoyna	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1977	Réserve Ouzounboudjak	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	3
1980	Nakovo kladenche	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1980	Piren	National Monument	<1
1981	Vitanovo	Rezervat	1
1981	Elenina dupka	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1981	Skalno obrazuvanie v mestnost Kamenska barchina	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	-
1981	Bratanova pestera	National Monument	<1
1985	Konadzika	National Monument	<1
1986	Silkossia	Buffer Zone	<1
1986	Vitanovo	Buffer Zone	<1
1987	Uzunbodzak	Buffer Zone	<1
1989	Veleka	Zashtitena Mestnost	1
1989	Sredoka	Rezervat	1
1989	Veleka	Protected Landscape	1
1989	Kalkata	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1989	Sredoka	Buffer Zone	<1
1990	Tisovitsa	Rezervat	1
1990	Bosna	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1990	Tissovitsa	Buffer Zone	<1
1991	Paroria	Zashtitena Mestnost	1
1991	Krivinizovo	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1991	Marina rechka	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1991	Rudenovo	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1991	Dokuzak	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1991	Paroria	Protected Landscape	1
1992	Ustie na Veleka	Zashtitena Mestnost	1
1992	Silistar	Zashtitena Mestnost	1
1992	Dupkata	Protected Landscape	<1
1994	Moriane	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1994	Moryane	Protected Landscape	<1
1995	Strandzha	Priroden Park	100
1995	Strandja	Nature Park	100
2002	Gramatikovo	State Game Husbandries	21
2004	Bosna	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2006	Strandzha	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2006	Bataka	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2007	Strandzha	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2007	Strandzhanska zelenika	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2007	Strandzhanski dabravi	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2007	Mechite dolove	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2007	Gradev sredok	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2007	Gorna Elenitsa	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2007	Peshtera I izvorite na reka Mladezhka	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	59
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Other urban and industrial areas	22
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands	10
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	8
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)	Caves	minor (<10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	60
forestry	57
agriculture	22
urban/industrial/transport	3
fisheries/aquaculture	1
tourism/recreation	1

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