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Usce Save u Dunav


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2019 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
Common Pochard Aythya ferina VU winter 2013-2019 300-1,000 individuals A1, B1b
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata LC winter 2019 2-5 individuals C6
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica LC winter 2019 2-5 individuals C6
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus LC winter 2012 1,300-6,500 individuals A4, B2a, B3a, C2, C6
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus LC winter 2013-2019 50,000-100,000 individuals A4, B2a, B3a, C3
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla LC resident 2019 10-14 breeding pairs B2a, C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a winter 2019 52,000-110,000 individuals B3b, C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2019) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Stanista malog vranca Other 1
1969 Morski neogeni sprud Kalemegdan Natural Monument <1
1979 Dve tise Saborne crkve Spomenik prirode -
2005 Veliko ratno ostrvo Predeli izuzetnih odlika 2
2007 Kesten Curcina u Pancevu Spomenik prirode -
2013 Gljive Ade Ciganlije Zasticeno staniste <1
2016 Veliko blato Zasticeno staniste 2

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Wetlands (inland) Rivers and streams, Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation 44
Forest Alluvial and very wet forest, Broadleaved deciduous woodland 29
Shrubland Scrub 15
Artificial/Terrestrial Other urban and industrial areas, Urban parks and gardens 11
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine minor (<10)
1. IUCN Habitat classification.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Usce Save u Dunav (Serbia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/usce-save-u-dunav-iba-serbia on 23/11/2024.