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The site was identified as important in 2001 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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	2001	300-800 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	2001	2,250-4,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	breeding	1996	900-1,200 breeding pairs	B1i, C3
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	passage	2001	50-150 individuals	C2
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	passage	2001	1,800-4,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	breeding	1996	1,400-1,800 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	passage	2001	5,500-15,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Teal Anas crecca	LC	passage	2001	2,500-5,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Teal Anas crecca	LC	breeding	1996	2,000-2,500 breeding pairs	B1i, C3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	2001	275-700 individuals	B1i, C2
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus	LC	passage	2001	150-450 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus	LC	passage	2001	800-1,500 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	passage	2001	500-2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	passage	2001	4,000-12,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	breeding	2001	10-20 breeding pairs	B2
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	passage	2001	5-20 individuals	A1, C1

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2001).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Umedeltats slättbygd	Djur- och växtskyddsområde	1,259	protected area overlaps with site	0
Umeälvens delta och slätter	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3,506	protected area overlaps with site	3,400
Umeälvens Delta	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,006	protected area overlaps with site	2,010
Umeälvens delta	Naturreservat	1,886	protected area overlaps with site	0
Umeälv delta	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1,040	protected area overlaps with site	1,040
Stora Tuvan	Nature Reserve	108	protected area contained by site	170
Södra Degernässlätten - Sundet	Naturreservat	168	protected area overlaps with site	0
Röbäcksslätten	Wildlife and Plant Sanctuary	372	protected area contained by site	415
Ängsbacka	Naturreservat	89	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Ruderal land	-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: River Ume Delta and Plains. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/river-ume-delta-and-plains-iba-sweden on 26/09/2023.