Mt Bilogora and Kalnik (24021)
Croatia, Europe
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2010
National site name: Bilogora i Kalničko gorje
Central coordinates: Latitude: 45.9760, Longitude: 16.9000
System: terrestrial
Elevation (m): 119 to 641
Area of KBA (km2): 950.86639
Protected area coverage (%): 100.00
KBA classification: Regional
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: Extensive, mainly oak-hornbeam and beech forests are the prevailing habitat in this hilly area. The foothills are covered with meadows, including wet meadows in the valleys of streams, mosaics of arable land and intensively cultivated agricultural land. Kalnik is the only known recent breeding locality of Booted Eagle. The area is internationally important for nesting of Middle Spotted Woodpecker. The main threats to birds are intensified forest management, excessive or illegal hunting and agricultural intensification.
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that was identified using previously established criteria and thresholds for the identification of Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) and for which available data indicate that it does not meet global KBA criteria and thresholds set out in the Global Standard.
Delineation rationale: Area changed from 154865 ha to 117127 ha, as part of 2010 revision of IBAs/proposed SPAs.