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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	resident	1994-2004	15-20 males	C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	1994-2004	20-25 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	resident	1994-2004	15-20 breeding pairs	C6
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	resident	1994-2004	5-15 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident	1994-2004	25-30 breeding pairs	C6
Merlin Falco columbarius	LC	breeding	1994-2004	2 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)
Sliteres nacionalais parks	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	16,361	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Slīteres nacionālais parks	Nacionalais parks	16,414	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sliteres nacionalais parks	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	16,361	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Ances purvi un mezi	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	10,130	protected area overlaps with site	8,772
Ances purvi un meži	Dabas liegums	10,130	protected area overlaps with site	8,763
Ances purvi un mezi	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	10,130	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland, Native coniferous woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Raised bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Other urban and industrial areas	-
Other		-
Coastline	Sand dunes & beaches	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
military	-
agriculture	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Irbe valley and Dizpurvs. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/01/2022.