Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2004 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria .
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species
Current IUCN Red List Category
Season
Year(s)
Population estimate at site
IBA criteria met
Corncrake Crex crex
LC
breeding
1994-2004
20 breeding pairs
C1
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2004).
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Durbes ezera plavas
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
596
protected area contained by site
0
Durbes ezera plavas
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
596
protected area contained by site
596
Durbes ezera plavas
Restricted Nature Territory
596
protected area contains site
596
Durbes ezera pļavas
Dabas liegums
596
protected area contained by site
0
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Shrubland
Scrub
-
Grassland
Mesophile grasslands
-
Wetlands (inland)
Standing freshwater
-
Artificial/Terrestrial
Arable land
-
Forest
Broadleaved deciduous woodland
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
agriculture
-
fisheries/aquaculture
-
nature conservation and research
-
water management
-
tourism/recreation
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Durbe lake meadows. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/durbe-lake-meadows-iba-latvia on 08/12/2023.