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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 Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	breeding	1996	5-10 breeding pairs	C6
Little Owl Athene noctua	LC	resident	1996	30-56 breeding pairs	B2
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	resident	1996	4 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	resident	1996	3-5 breeding pairs	C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding	1996	1-3 breeding pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	1996	290 breeding pairs	C6
Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus	LC	resident	1996	100-200 breeding pairs	B3
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	resident	1996	1-2 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus	LC	breeding	1996	10-13 breeding pairs	B2
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra	LC	resident	1996	100-300 breeding pairs	C6
Crested Lark Galerida cristata	LC	resident	1996	1,000-2,000 breeding pairs	B2
Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum	LC	breeding	1996	40-48 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
1973	Dolmenite -Vlahov dol	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1973	Dolmen pasha dere	Prirodna Zabelezhitelnost	<1
1990	Nevestin grad	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
1994	Belia kamak	Zashtitena Mestnost	<1
2004	Derventski vazvishenia 2	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	76
2004	Fakiyska reka	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2004	Sredetska reka	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2007	Zapadna Strandzha	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Western Strandzha (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/western-strandzha-iba-bulgaria on 22/11/2024.