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The site was identified as important in 2002 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
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	resident	2000-2002	30-40 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	2000-2002	13-16 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2002. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	14	17	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1929	Rukávečská obora	Prírodní památka (PP)	<1
1933	Rukavecska obora	Natural Monument	<1
1973	Hrby	Prírodní rezervace (PR)	<1
1973	Dubná	Prírodní památka (PP)	<1
1973	Dubna	Natural Monument	<1
1973	Hrby	Nature Reserve	<1
1973	Zlibky u Vraze	Nature Reserve	<1
1974	Žlíbky	Prírodní rezervace (PR)	<1
1974	Dědovické stráně	Prírodní rezervace (PR)	<1
1974	Krkavčina	Prírodní rezervace (PR)	<1
1974	Dedovicke strane	Nature Reserve	<1
1974	Krkavcina	Nature Reserve	<1
1985	Čertova hora u Vráže	Prírodní rezervace (PR)	<1
1985	Výří skály u Oslova	Prírodní rezervace (PR)	<1
1985	V Obouch	Prírodní památka (PP)	<1
1985	Vystrkov	Prírodní památka (PP)	<1
1985	Kopaniny	Prírodní památka (PP)	<1
1985	Bachmač	Prírodní památka (PP)	<1
1985	V obouch	Natural Monument	<1
1985	Bachmac	Natural Monument	<1
1985	Vystrkov	Natural Monument	<1
1985	Certova hora u Vraze	Nature Reserve	<1
1985	Vyri skaly u Oslova	Nature Reserve	<1
1990	Kopaniny	Natural Monument	<1
2004	Údolí Otavy a Vltavy	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2005	Trhovky	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2009	Výří skály nad Otavou	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		69
Artificial/Terrestrial		13
Wetlands (inland)		11
Grassland		5
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	major (>10)
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: The valley of the Otava a Vltava rivers (Czechia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/the-valley-of-the-otava-a-vltava-rivers-iba-czechia on 23/11/2024.