Latvia


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Key publications

References

  • Skov, H., Vatikus, G., Raudonikis, L., Sidlo, P. O., Kalamees, A., Luigijze, L., Stipneice, A., Welander, B., Kondratyev, A,. Grishanov, G., Scheller, W., Struwe-Juhl, B., Leivo, M., Flensted, K. N. and Rasmussen, J. F. (2000) Inventory of coastal and marine Important Bird Areas in the Baltic Sea. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.
  • Račinskis, E. (2004) Eiropas SavlienÄ«bas NozÄ«mes Putniem NozÄ«mÄ«gās Vietas Latvijā [Important Bird Areas of European Union importance in Latvia]. Riga: Latvian Ornithological Society. [In Latvian and English]
  • Račinskis, E. and Stipniece, A. (2000) Putniem Starptautiski NozÄ«mÄ«gās Vietas Latvijā [Important Bird Areas in Latvia]. Riga: Latvijas Ornitologijas. [In Latvian].
  • Aunins A. (2009) The new Latvian breeding bird monitoring scheme: sampling design, methods and first results. Bird Census News 22/2: 51 - 62.
  • Aunins A. and Priednieks J. (2008) Ten years of farmland bird monitoring in Latvia: population changes 1995 - 2004. Revista Catalana d´Ornitologia 24: 53 - 64.
  • Anuin, A. (2013) Latvijas parasto putnu skaita parmainas pedejos septinos gados. Putni daba 2013/1
  • Aunins, A. (2015) Latvijas ligzdojošo putnu uzskaites: parasto putnu skaita pārmaiņas 2005–2014. Putni dabā 2015/1

Latvia at a glance

Capital

Riga

Area

64,589 km2

BirdLife Partner

Latvijas Ornitologijas Biedriba

Species
Total number of birds 269
Globally threatened birds 13
Country endemics 0

Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas
Number of IBAs 70
Total IBA area 864,026 ha

Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs 0


Recommended Citation
BirdLife International (2023) Country profile: Latvia. Available from http://datazone.birdlife.org/country/latvia. Downloaded: 2023-02-01



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