BirdLife Data Zone

LT033

Kretuonas Landscape Reserve

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IBA Justification

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
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	breeding	1998-1999	15 breeding pairs	B2
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	breeding	2001	3-5 breeding pairs	C6
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	breeding	2001	5 breeding pairs	B2
Mew Gull Larus canus	LC	breeding	1998-1999	80 breeding pairs	B2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2001	220-275 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

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Kretuono ežeras ir jo apylinkės	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,972	protected area contains site	1,170
Kretuono ežeras	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1,182	is identical to site	1,170
Kretuonas	Ornithological Reserve	1,260	protected area contains site	1,170
Aukstaitijos nacionalinis parkas	Valstybinis parkas	41,056	protected area contains site	0
Aukstaitija	National Park	40,570	protected area contains site	1,170

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Mixed woodland, Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Treeline ecotone	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Raised bogs, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

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

Land use

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

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kretuonas Landscape Reserve. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/216 on 29/05/2023.