• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Northern Hawk-owl Surnia ulula	LC	breeding	1995	10-100 breeding pairs	C6
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus	LC	resident	1995	50-100 breeding pairs	B2

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Condition of the site (state), by species
Scientific name	Common name	Reference population	Actual population	Units	% of population remaining	Result
Anser fabalis	Bean Goose	50	30	breeding pairs	60	unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Joutsenaavan-Kaita-aavan soidensuojelualue	Soidensuojelualue	12,852	protected area contains site	10,318
Joutsenaapa - Kaita-aapa	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	12,785	protected area contains site	10,318
Joutsenaapa - Kaita-aapa	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	12,785	protected area contains site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Wetlands (inland)	Raised bogs	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
unknown	-

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

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Joutsenaapa-Kaita-aapa. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1367 on 29/05/2023.