Mt Dinara (3608)
Croatia, Europe
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2010
National site name: Dinara
Central coordinates: Latitude: 43.8780, Longitude: 16.5950
System: terrestrial
Elevation (m): 300 to 1830
Area of KBA (km2): 463.68535
Protected area coverage (%): 100.00
KBA classification: Regional
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: Dinara is the highest mountain in Croatia with the most extensive mountain pastures in the country. It holds the only nesting population of Shore Lark (Horned Lark) in Croatia. There is a high occurrence of rocky habitats and cliffs in the area. Forest habitats are represented by young submediterranean woods and hop-hornbeam scrub on the hills. Dwarf pine scrub is intensively overgrowing pastures on the top levels of mountain. Main threats to birds are changes in traditional farming, excessive or illegal hunting and planned or ongoing infrastructural development (wind-energy plants, powerlines).
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 20000 ha to 58412 ha (Radovic, Kralj, Tutis, Radovic & Topic, 2005). Area changed from 58412 ha to 46466 ha, as part of 2010 revision of IBAs/proposed SPAs.
Habitats
Land use: agriculture
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Forest | 33 | |
| Grassland | 33 | |
| Rocky Areas(e.g., inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | 33 |