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Tsalapitsa Rice-fields


IBA Justification

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
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola LC breeding 2005 10 breeding pairs C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
2007 Orizishta Tsalapitsa Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tsalapitsa Rice-fields (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tsalapitsa-rice-fields-iba-bulgaria on 23/11/2024.