The Richness and Diversity of Avifauna in Protected Areas of Croatia, National, Nature Parks and Ecological Network

Of the total area of Croatia, 56.598 km2, 6,106 km2 are protected in category of national (8) and nature parks (12), which makes 10.9% of the entire territory of Croatia, or 7% if the sea area is taken into account. Based on literature data and data from our own research for these areas, a list of 291 bird species have been recorded in all eight national parks, 348 bird species in 12 nature parks. This is 86% of all known birds species recorded so far out of 402 species recorded in our country.