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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
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	1996	10-20 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus	LC	resident	1996	8 breeding pairs	B2, C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	1996	6-12 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	LC	resident	1996	25-40 breeding pairs	B2
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	resident	1996	1-2 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	breeding	1996	7-10 breeding pairs	C6

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
1938	Ritlite	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1951	Vola	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1960	Ledenika	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1962	Novata peshtera	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1962	Temnata dupka	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	-
1964	Vratzata	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1966	Lakatnishki skali	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1979	Borov kamak	Zashtitena Mestnost	1
1983	Vrachanski karst	Rezervat	5
1989	Vrachanski balkan	Priroden Park	89
2003	Vrachanski Balkan	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2003	Vezhdata	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2007	Vrachanski Balkan	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2007	Padinite	Zashtitena Mestnost	2
2017	Kalna matnitsa	Protected Site	<1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vrachanski Balkan (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vrachanski-balkan-iba-bulgaria on 23/11/2024.