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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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1997-2000	161-165 breeding pairs	C1, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1997-2000	10-18 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	breeding	1997-2000	4-9 breeding pairs	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	1997-2000	50-60 breeding pairs	C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	1997-2000	8-15 breeding pairs	C6
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	breeding	1997-2000	6-7 breeding pairs	C1, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	breeding	1997-2000	4 breeding pairs	C6
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	breeding	1997-2000	8-18 breeding pairs	C6
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus	LC	breeding	1997-2000	45 breeding pairs	C6
White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos	LC	breeding	1997-2000	60-70 breeding pairs	C6

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1975	Füzérradványi park	Természetvédelmi Terület	<1
1984	Zempléni	Tájvédelmi Körzet	28
1987	Tállyai Patócs-hegy	Természetvédelmi Terület	<1
1990	Erdőbényei fás legelő	Természetvédelmi Terület	<1
1990	Bodrogszegi Várhegy	Természetvédelmi Terület	<1
1991	Abaújkéri Ördög-szikla kaptárkő	Természeti emlék	-
1997	Megyerhegyi ngerszem	Természetvédelmi Terület	<1
2004	Zempléni-hegység a Szerencsi-dombsággal és a Hernád-völggyel	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2004	Központi-Zempléni-hegység	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	9
2004	Északi-Zempléni-hegység	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2004	Füzéri Pál-hegy	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2004	Felsőregmeci Ronyva	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Bózsvai Temető alja	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Komlóskai Mogyorós-tető és Zsidó-rét	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Bodrogszegi Várhegy	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Telkibányai Király-hegy	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Baskói rétek	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2004	Regéci Várhegy	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Erdőbényei - olaszliszkai magyar nőszirmos sztyepprétek	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2007	Abaújkéri Aranyos-völgy természetvédelmi terület	Természetvédelmi Terület	<1
2007	Tállyai Patócs-hegy - Sátor-hegy	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2010	Bózsva-patak	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2010	Mádi-Kakas-hegy	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2010	Mádi Bomboly-bánya	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	80
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations	10
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands	5
Shrubland	Scrub	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	90
tourism/recreation	20
nature conservation and research	10
agriculture	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zemplén Mountains (Hungary). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zemplén-mountains-iba-hungary on 23/11/2024.