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The site was identified as important in 2000 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
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	-	2 breeding pairs	C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	breeding	1993	5-10 breeding pairs	C6

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
openbaar bos Limburg	Openbaar bos	20,569	protected area overlaps with site	0
Het Vijvergebied Midden-Limburg	Vlaams Ecologisch Netwerk	2,085	protected area overlaps with site	0
De Maten	Nature Reserve	213	protected area contained by site	213
De Maten	Erkend natuurreservaat	211	protected area overlaps with site	0
De Maten	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	566	protected area overlaps with site	564
De Maten	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	536	protected area overlaps with site	536

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Grassland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: De Maten. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/de-maten-iba-belgium on 02/10/2023.