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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
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	1994	6,700 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	non-breeding	1994	15,765 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	winter	1994	23,045 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	passage	1996	328 individuals	B1i, C3
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1995	35 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1995	2,250 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding	1997	1 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1991	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii, C4

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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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Sorø Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	2,560	protected area overlaps with site	0
Maribosøerne	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3,806	protected area overlaps with site	0
Maribosøerne	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3,806	protected area overlaps with site	3,703
Maribosøerne	Game Reserve	1,264	protected area contained by site	1,264
Maribo Søerne	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	1,195	protected area overlaps with site	0
Maribo Soerne	Major Conservation Area	1,195	protected area contained by site	1,195
Maribo Lakes	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	3,823	protected area overlaps with site	3,810
Lolland Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	4,029	protected area overlaps with site	0
Guldborgsund Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	4,433	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Maribo lakes. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 22/05/2022.