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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2003

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	2001	20-25 breeding pairs	C6
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	breeding	2001	430 breeding pairs	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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Malusi rändrahn; (Suur-Malusi saare rändrahn, Suur-Malusi rändrahn)	Kaitstav looduse üksikobjekt	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kolga lahe MKA, Rohusi skv.	Maastikukaitseala looduslik sihtkaitsevöönd	96	protected area contained by site	0
Kolga lahe MKA, Rammu skv.	Maastikukaitseala hooldatav sihtkaitsevöönd	101	protected area contained by site	0
Kolga lahe MKA, Rammu pv.	Maastikukaitseala piiranguvöönd	13	protected area contained by site	0
Kolga lahe MKA, Pedassaare pv.	Maastikukaitseala piiranguvöönd	90	protected area contained by site	0
Kolga lahe MKA, Malusi skv.	Maastikukaitseala looduslik sihtkaitsevöönd	580	protected area contained by site	0
Kolga lahe MKA, Kolga lahe skv.	Maastikukaitseala looduslik sihtkaitsevöönd	1,016	protected area contained by site	0
Kolga lahe MKA, Koipsi skv.	Maastikukaitseala hooldatav sihtkaitsevöönd	30	protected area contained by site	0
Kolga lahe MKA, Koipsi pv.	Maastikukaitseala piiranguvöönd	7	protected area contained by site	0
Kolga lahe maastikukaitseala	Maastikukaitseala (looduspark)	1,933	protected area contained by site	0
Kolga lahe hoiuala	Hoiuala	516	protected area contained by site	0
Kolga lahe	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,449	protected area contained by site	0
Kolga lahe	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,449	protected area contained by site	2,435

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Neritic		-
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-
Grassland		-
Wetlands (inland)		-
Shrubland		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kolga bay. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/01/2023.