• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2011 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
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding (2007–2010)	10–17 pairs	C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	passage (2001–2010)	40–180 birds	C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding (2010–2011)	10–20 pairs	C6
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	winter (2001–2010)	20–50 birds	A1, C1
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	passage (2001–2010)	40–120 birds	A1, C1
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding (2009–2010)	15–20 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1998	Škocjanski zatok	naravni rezervat (Ib)	98

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Škocjan Bay (Slovenia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/škocjan-bay-iba-slovenia on 23/12/2024.