Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata | LC | breeding | 1990-1997 | 5-10 breeding pairs | B2, C6 |
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola | LC | breeding | 1990-1997 | 30-40 breeding pairs | C6 |
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus | LC | breeding | 1980-1988 | 1-2 breeding pairs | B2 |
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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Protection status:
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Torneträsk-Soppero fjällurskog | Naturreservat | 336,885 | protected area contains site | 40,000 |
Torneträsk-Soppero Fjällurskog | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 336,898 | protected area contains site | 40,000 |
Torne och Kalix älvsystem | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 176,092 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Påkketanjaure | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 21,678 | protected area overlaps with site | 21,678 |
Pakketan | Nature Reserve | 21,000 | protected area contained by site | 21,000 |
Alajaure | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 17,077 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
---|---|---|
Forest | Native coniferous woodland | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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not utilised | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Påkketan. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 22/01/2021.