Important Bird Areas in Europe – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca. (PHOTO: MANFRED DANEGGER/NHPA)
OVERVIEW wetland habitats together with alluvial woodlands and humid grasslands. Bosnia and Herzegovina occupies 51,130 km2 with a population of 2 2,900,000 people. It has not been possible to collect new data for Table 1. Summary of Important Bird 3 IBAs covering 68 km this inventory. Therefore, the three Important Bird Areas (IBAs) Areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina. presented here (Table 1, Map 1) are identical to those included in IBA 1989 Criteria the previous pan-European inventory (Grimmett and Jones 1989). code code International/national name Area (ha) (see p. 11) Three globally threatened or near-threatened species occur in 001 YU026 Hutovo blato 6,144 A1 significant numbers, meeting the A1 criterion: Phalacrocorax 002 YU027 Boracko jezero — B2 pygmeus, Aythya nyroca and Crex crex. The three IBAs all contain 003 YU028 Bardaca 700 A1
Map 1. Location, area and criteria category of Important Bird Areas in Bosnia and 1 Herzegovina.
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Highest category of criteria met by IBA 3 A (2 IBAs) B (1 IBA) Area of IBA (ha) ADRIATIC SEA 6,144 700 0 50 100 Unknown
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■ SITE ACCOUNTS
Hutovo blato A1 001 Land-use Agriculture, Tourism/recreation Admin region — Coordinates 43°03’N 17°46’E ■ Birds Altitude — Area 6,144 ha Breeding species include Strix uralensis, Dendrocopos medius and D. leucotos. Criterion B2 has been assigned at the site level assuming ■ Site description that the populations of these species are important, but no population Areas of open water with extensive stands of emergent vegetation data are available. (Phragmites, Scirpus), wet meadows, riverine and water-edge forests (Salix, Populus, Alnus), and degraded Quercus and Carpinus woodland ■ Protection status on high ground. Human activities include fishing and hunting. National None International None
Habitats Forest and woodland (broadleaved deciduous forest), Wetland (standing fresh ■ Conservation issues water; water-fringe vegetation) Land-use Fisheries/aquaculture, Hunting Threats Unknown
■ Birds Species Season Year Pop min Pop max Acc Criteria Bardaca A1 003 Phalacrocorax pygmeus B— — ——A1 Admin region — Pygmy Cormorant Coordinates 45°07’N 17°27’E Aythya nyroca Ferruginous Duck B — — — — A1 Altitude — Area 700 ha Two species of global conservation concern breed at the site. Other breeding species include Phalacrocorax carbo, Botaurus stellaris, ■ Site description Ardeola ralloides, Nycticorax nycticorax, Egretta garzetta and Ardea Fish-ponds (with islands and reedbeds), marshes, grazing-meadows, purpurea. and remnant alluvial forest along the River Sava. Habitats Forest and woodland (alluvial/very wet forest), Grassland, Wetland (standing ■ Protection status fresh water; water-fringe vegetation) National Partial International None Land-use Unknown IBA covered by Ornithological Reserve.
■ Conservation issues ■ Birds Threats Agricultural intensification and expansion (U), Drainage (U), Industrialization/ Species Season Year Pop min Pop max Acc Criteria urbanization (U), Recreation/tourism (U) Aythya nyroca Ferruginous Duck B — — — — A1 Crex crex Corncrake B — — — — A1 Drainage, agricultural intensification, urbanization and tourism are problems at the site. The globally threatened Aythya nyroca and Crex crex breed at the site. Other breeding species include Ixobrychus minutus, Nycticorax nycticorax, Ardeola ralloides, Egretta garzetta, Ardea purpurea, Plegadis falcinellus, Platalea leucorodia, Sterna hirundo (30+ pairs), Boracko jezero B2 002 and Chlidonias hybridus (40+ pairs). Ciconia ciconia and the globally Admin region — near-threatened Haliaeetus albicilla feed, and possibly breed, at the Coordinates 43°34’N 18°01’E site. The area is also very important for passage migrants. Altitude — Area — ■ Protection status ■ Site description National Partial International None A lake with gravel edges and little or no vegetation, bordered by Alnus IBA covered by Ornithological Reserve. woodland, meadows, orchards, and surrounded by steep mountains covered in deciduous forest. The valley is used for farming and tourism. ■ Conservation issues
Habitats Forest and woodland (broadleaved deciduous forest), Grassland, Wetland Threats Drainage (U), Other (U), Unsustainable exploitation (U) (standing fresh water), Artificial landscape (perennial crops/orchards/groves) Drainage, hunting, and forestry are problems at the site.
REFERENCES
GRIMMETT, R. F. A. AND JONES T. A. (1989) Important Bird Areas in Europe. Cambridge, UK: International Council for Bird Preservation (Tech. Publ. 9).
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