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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
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	passage	2002	450 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	2002	4,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	2002	10,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2002	70-80 breeding pairs	A1, C1
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	2002	200-300 breeding pairs	C6
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	2002	15 breeding pairs	C6
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	breeding	2000-2002	10-15 males	C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	1999-2002	90-200 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)
Ropka-Ihaste looduskaitseala	Looduskaitseala	791	protected area contained by site	0
Ropka-Ihaste LKA, Ropka skv.	Looduskaitseala hooldatav sihtkaitsevöönd	225	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ropka-Ihaste LKA, Poldri pv.	Looduskaitseala piiranguvöönd	224	protected area contained by site	0
Ropka-Ihaste LKA, Ihaste skv.	Looduskaitseala hooldatav sihtkaitsevöönd	83	protected area contained by site	0
Ropka-Ihaste LKA, Anne pv.	Looduskaitseala piiranguvöönd	35	protected area contained by site	0
Ropka-Ihaste LKA, Aardlapalu pv.	Looduskaitseala piiranguvöönd	101	protected area contained by site	0
Ropka-Ihaste LKA, Aardla järve skv.	Looduskaitseala hooldatav sihtkaitsevöönd	123	protected area contained by site	0
Ropka-Ihaste	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	756	protected area contained by site	755
Ropka-Ihaste	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	756	protected area contained by site	745
Aardla järve botaanilis-ornitoloogiline kaitseala	Nature Reserve	132	protected area overlaps with site	123

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Shrubland		-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
forestry	-
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 Areas factsheet: Ropka-Ihaste. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 09/02/2023.