Surfbirds News: BirdLife International Archives
Altogether 244 of these internationally important sites for biodiversity, known as Important Bird Areas (IBAs), have been identified in the two countries. They cover 40% of combined land surface.
IBAs serve as a reference list for those areas to be protected by Member States under the EU Birds Directive and the Natura 2000 network.
The BirdLife Partners in Bulgaria (BSPB) and Romania (SOR) present their IBA inventories nine months after the countries joined the EU.
Red-breasted Goose, ?? Szil??gyi Attila
The IBAs identified cover a diverse range of habitats such as lowland and mountain forests, wetlands and grasslands??? landscapes that are rapidly disappearing from the rest of Europe.
In Bulgaria, a large part of the IBAs designated host twenty-three globally threatened species like
Eastern Imperial Eagle
Aquila heliaca
Semi-collared Flycatcher
Ficedula semitorquata |
