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The site was identified as important in 2002 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
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	breeding	1996-2000	3-14 breeding pairs	B2
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1998-2002	5-6 breeding pairs	C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1998-2002	6 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	resident	1996-2002	3-4 breeding pairs	B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2002. The most recent assessment (2012) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	6	4	breeding pairs	67	unfavourable
Ixobrychus minutus	6	6	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Unknown	Natural Monument	<1
1948	Žehuňský rybník	Národní prírodní památka (NPP)	15
1948	Zehunsky rybnik	National Nature Reserve	73
1972	Ban	Natural Monument	1
1973	Žehuňsko - Báň	Prírodní památka (PP)	4
1983	Bludy	Nature Reserve	<1
2006	Kněžičky	Národní prírodní rezervace (NPR)	5
2007	Žehuňský rybník - Obora Kněžičky	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2007	Kopičácký rybník	Národní prírodní památka (NPP)	<1
2013	Žehuňsko	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	17
2014	Dlouhopolsko	Národní prírodní památka (NPP)	1
2016	Čihadelské rybníky	Prírodní památka (PP)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	60
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	20
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations, Urban parks and gardens, Other urban and industrial areas	10
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland, Humid grasslands	10
Shrubland	Scrub	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	90
forestry	60
hunting	55
agriculture	20
fisheries/aquaculture	15
tourism/recreation	5
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zehunský rybník pond (Czechia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zehunský-rybník-pond-iba-czechia on 23/11/2024.