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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	breeding	-	40-50 males	C6
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix	LC	breeding	-	50 males	B2, C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	-	20-25 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	breeding	-	5-6 breeding pairs	C6
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	breeding	1996-1998	10-15 males	A1
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	breeding	-	20 breeding pairs	C6
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	breeding	-	10 breeding pairs	C6
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus	LC	breeding	-	20 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus	LC	breeding	-	6 breeding pairs	C6

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Dzukijos nacionalinis parkas	Valstybinis parkas	58,453	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Dainavos giria	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	55,440	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Dainavos giria	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	54,833	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Cepkeliu valstybinis gamtinis rezervatas	Valstybinis rezervatas	11,227	is identical to site	0
Čepkelių pelkė	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	11,227	is identical to site	11,221
Čepkelių pelkė	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	12,752	protected area contains site	11,221
Cepkeliai	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	11,227	protected area overlaps with site	10,590
Cepkeliai	Nature Reserve	10,590	protected area contains site	10,590

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland, Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Treeline ecotone	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Raised bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs	-
Grassland		-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cepkeliai Strict Nature Reserve. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/215 on 09/06/2023.