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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
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	resident	1996	140-190 breeding pairs	C6
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	resident	1996	50-100 males	C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	1996	4 breeding pairs	C6
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus	LC	resident	1996	28-73 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident	1996	47-120 breeding pairs	C6
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	resident	1996	3 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	breeding	1996	5 breeding pairs	C6
Goldcrest Regulus regulus	LC	resident	1996	580-3,400 breeding pairs	B3

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
1956	Shabanitza	Poddarzhan Rezarvat	<1
1962	Lednitsata	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1963	Trigradskoto Zhdrelo	Zashtitena Mestnost	1
1968	Soskovcheto	Rezervat	<1
1968	Kazanite	Rezervat	<1
1968	Kastrakliy	Rezervat	<1
1968	Nastanska mogila	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1971	Buynovskoto zhdrelo	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	1
1973	Chairite	Zashtitena Mestnost	1
1978	Diavolskia most I vodopada	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1979	Turlata	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1979	Krepost v Gradishteto	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1979	Vracha	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2006	Rodopi - Zapadni	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	90
2007	Trigrad - Mursalitsa	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2007	Soskuchanski dol	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2007	Borino	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2007	Starata gora	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2012	Hrastevo	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2014	Kazandzhi dere	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1

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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 23/11/2024.