Sysľovské fields (Slovakia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Sysľovské fields

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2004 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
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	winter	1995-2003	3,500 individuals	C3
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	breeding	1995-2003	3-5 females	C6
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	winter	1995-2003	100 individuals	C2
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	breeding	1995-2003	5-20 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2004. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	very unfavourable	very high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	unknown

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Great Bustard Otis tarda	100	350	individuals	100	favourable
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	12	1	breeding pairs	9	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high

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 planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2004	Syslovske polia	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	92

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	95
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
agriculture	95

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sysľovské fields (Slovakia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sysľovské-fields-iba-slovakia on 23/11/2024.