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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2004

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix	LC	breeding	1999	35 males	C6
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1999	2,000-5,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1999-2003	3,000-7,000 individuals	C3
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1999	20-35 males	B3, C6
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	1999	55 males	B3, C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1999	600-900 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	1999	28 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1999	12-17 males	B2, C6
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	breeding	1999	3 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	1999	40-60 breeding pairs	C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	1999	6-9 breeding pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	breeding	1999	20 breeding pairs	C6
White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos	LC	breeding	1999	32 breeding pairs	C6
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola	VU	breeding	1999	15 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1
Bluethroat Cyanecula svecica	LC	breeding	1999	10 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)
Žuvinto; Žaltyčio ir Amalvo pelkės	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	18,490	is identical to site	18,490
Žuvinto ežeras ir Buktos miškas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	15,868	protected area contained by site	18,493
Zuvinto biosferos rezervatas	Biosferos rezervatas	18,490	is identical to site	18,490
Zuvintas	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	7,500	protected area contained by site	5,442
Zuvintas	Nature Reserve	5,442	protected area contained by site	5,442
Zuvintas	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	9,210	protected area contained by site	9,210

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest, Native coniferous woodland, Treeline ecotone	-
Grassland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Raised bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
forestry	-
rangeland/pastureland	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Zuvintas Biosphere Reserve. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/01/2022.