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Trigrad-Mursalitsa


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia LC resident (1996) 140–190 pairs C6
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus LC resident (1996) 50–100 males C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos LC resident (1996) 4 pairs C6
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus LC resident (1996) 28–73 pairs B2, C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius LC resident (1996) 47–120 pairs C6
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug EN resident (1996) 3 pairs B2, C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus LC breeding (1996) 5 pairs C6
Goldcrest Regulus regulus LC resident (1996) 580–3,400 pairs B3

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1956 Shabanitza Poddarzhan Rezarvat (IV) <1
1962 Lednitsata Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost (III) <1
1963 Trigradskoto Zhdrelo Zashtitena Mestnost (VI) 1
1968 Soskovcheto Rezervat (Ia) <1
1968 Kazanite Rezervat (Ia) <1
1968 Kastrakliy Rezervat (Ia) <1
1968 Nastanska mogila Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost (III) <1
1971 Buynovskoto zhdrelo Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost (III) 1
1973 Chairite Zashtitena Mestnost (VI) 1
1978 Diavolskia most I vodopada Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost (III) <1
1979 Turlata Zashtitena Mestnost (VI) <1
1979 Krepost v Gradishteto Zashtitena Mestnost (VI) <1
1979 Vracha Zashtitena Mestnost (VI) <1
2007 Soskuchanski dol Zashtitena Mestnost (VI) <1
2007 Borino Zashtitena Mestnost (VI) <1
2007 Starata gora Zashtitena Mestnost (VI) <1
2012 Hrastevo Zashtitena Mestnost (VI) <1
2014 Kazandzhi dere Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost (III) <1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Trigrad-Mursalitsa (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/trigrad-mursalitsa-iba-bulgaria on 23/12/2024.