Data Zone
Country/territory: Lithuania
IBA Criteria met: A4i, A4ii, B1i, B1ii, B2, C2, C3 (2004)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 60,606 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2013 | high | very unfavourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
An offshore area (extending up to 40 km in length) in the Baltic Sea near the Kuronian spit.
Key biodiversity
In winter the area supports 6-10% of the western Palearctic population of Melanitta fusca (at densities of up to 1,000 birds/km2as well as large numbers of other seaduck, e.g. Clangula hyemalis (up to 10,000 birds). The site holds more than 20,000 waterbirds on a regular basis.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Marine waters along the Curonian Spit. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 13/12/2019.
