32 Alkaline Pusztas of Upper Kiskunság

Description

A flood-plain lying between natural levees and overlain by loess soils, situated adjacent to the River Danube and main Duna-völgyi canal between Kiskunlacháza and Szakmár. Human activities include cattle- and sheep-grazing, arable farming, angling and hunting.

Location and size

Birdlife IBA Code : HU022
Location: Hungary, Bács-Kiskun, Pest
Central coordinates: 19.15 East 46.49 North
Altitude: 94-124m, average: 99m
Area: 44,339 ha

Habitats

Grassland 40%
Wetlands 5%
Artificial landscapes (terrestrial) 55%

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Birds

Qualifying birds for present IBA

093 Montagus Harrier (Circus pygargus)
121 Corn Crake (Crex crex)
128 Great Bustard (Otis tarda)
132 (Eurasian) Stone Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
133 Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
246 (European) Roller (Coracias garrulus)
354 Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor)

 

Other special birds

031 Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
065 (Eurasian) Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
066 Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
073 Great (aka Great White) Egret (Egretta alba)
076 Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
079 Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
082 (European) Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
089 Short-toed (Snake) Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
090 (Western) Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
110 Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
115 Saker (Falcon) (Falco cherrug)
118 Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
119 Little Crake (Porzana parva)
192 Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
210 Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
213 Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
214 Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
238 Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
285 Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
308 Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon)
091 Northern (aka Hen) Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
107 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
116 Peregrine (Falcon) (Falco peregrinus)
140 (Eurasian) Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
240 (Europen) Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
251 Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
253 Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus)
260 Woodlark (Lullula arborea)
268 Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
353 Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)

 

Common birds



Source: 1) Lovászi Péter (editor): Javasolt különleges madárvédelmi területek Magyarországon, Magyar Madártani és Természetvédelmi Egyesület, 2002; 2) BirdLife International: Important Bird Areas factsheet, 2012; 3) Králl Attila, Nagy Károly: Fontos Madárélőhelyek Magyarországon (Területek, kritériumok és minősítő fajok) MME Monitoring Központ, 2007; 4) www.hungarianbirdwatching.com Important Bird Area descriptions, 2004-2014