49 Flood Plain of Tiszaalpár
Description
The IBA covers an area of flood-plain of the River Tisza, which is subject to occasional inundation, and includes areas of softwood flood-plain forest, meadows and oxbow lakes.
Location and size
Birdlife IBA Code : HU024
Location: Hungary, Bács-Kiskun, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
Central coordinates: 20.00 East 46.48 North
Altitude: 78-91m average: 84m
Area: 4,946 ha
Habitats
Forest 15%
Grassland 65%
Wetlands 20%
Birds
Qualifying birds for present IBA
068 Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
072 Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
080 Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
Other special birds
031 Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
062 Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmeus)
065 (Eurasian) Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
066 Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
067 (Black-crowned) Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
073 Great (aka Great White) Egret (Egretta alba)
075 Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
076 Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
077 White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
079 Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
085 White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
090 (Western) Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
118 Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
119 Little Crake (Porzana parva)
210 Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
213 Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
244 (Common) Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
249 Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus)
285 Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
308 Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon)
107 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
251 Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
253 Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus)
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