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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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	winter (1997)	143–460 birds	B1i, C3
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding (1998)	15 pairs	C6
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter (1998)	1,200 birds	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding (1996)	3 pairs	B3
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding (1996)	9 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1987	Yatata	Zashtitena Mestnost (VI)	100
1987	Yatata	National Monument (-)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	58	Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation
Grassland	40	Dry siliceous grassland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	2	Inland cliffs

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	53
not utilised	47

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yatata (Bulgaria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yatata-iba-bulgaria on 24/12/2024.