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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	breeding	1996	51-100 breeding pairs	B1i, B2, C2
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica	LC	breeding	1996	51-100 breeding pairs	B2, C6

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Mergellus albellus	Smew	50	11	breeding pairs	22	not assessed
Gavia arctica	Arctic Loon	50	25	breeding pairs	50	unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
YLI-KITKAN LUONNONSUOJELUALUE	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	21	protected area contained by site	0
YLI-KITKAN LUONNONSUOJELUALUE	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	7	protected area contained by site	0
VÄLIAHON LUONNONSUOJELUALUE	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	6	protected area contained by site	0
UOPAJAN LUONNONSUOJELUALUE	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	9	protected area contained by site	0
TOLVAN LUONNONSUOJELUALUE	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	17	protected area contained by site	0
TAKA-AHON LUONNONSUOJELUALUE	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	4	protected area contained by site	0
Raistakan luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	7	protected area overlaps with site	0
PETÄJÄSAAREN LUONNONSUOJELUALUE	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	23	protected area contained by site	0
Mustalahden luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	106	protected area contained by site	0
KOTIRINTEEN LUONNONSUOJELUALUE	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	4	protected area contained by site	0
KIVIKON LUONNONSUOJELUALUE	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	5	protected area contained by site	0
Kitka	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	12,413	protected area overlaps with site	12,413
Kitka	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	12,413	protected area overlaps with site	0
JÄKÄLÄSAAREN LUONNONSUOJELUALUE	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	10	protected area contained by site	0
Anttilan luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	142	protected area contained by site	0
AHON LUONNONSUOJELUALUE	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	5	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	-
Unknown		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
unknown	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kitka lake. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/03/2023.