Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Common Pochard Aythya ferina |
VU |
winter (1997) |
1,125–10,240 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus |
NT |
passage (1996) |
30 birds |
A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2 |
| Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus |
LC |
winter (2001–2004) |
403–2,175 birds |
A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2 |
| Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus |
LC |
passage (1996) |
200 birds |
A1, C1, C2 |
| Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
LC |
winter (1997) |
165–2,331 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
13 pairs |
B3, C6 |
| Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
breeding (1998) |
30 pairs |
C6 |
| Mew Gull Larus canus |
LC |
winter (1996) |
30–479 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes |
n/a |
passage (-) |
3,200–50,700 birds |
A4iv, B1iv, C5 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1995 |
Kazashko
|
Zashtitena Mestnost (VI) |
3 |
| 1995 |
Kazashko |
Protected Landscape (-) |
3 |
| 2007 |
Mochurishteto
|
Zashtitena Mestnost (VI) |
<1 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
95 |
|
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
5 |
Other urban and industrial areas |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| urban/industrial/transport |
100 |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
90 |
| hunting |
90 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Varna-Beloslav Lakes Complex (Bulgaria). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/varna-beloslav-lakes-complex-iba-bulgaria on 23/12/2024.
