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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2004

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	1994-2004	200-500 individuals	C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1994-2004	1,000-5,000 individuals	C3
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	1994-2004	10-25 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1994-2004	25-35 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	1994-2004	20-30 breeding pairs	C6
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1994-2004	3,000 individuals	C5

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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Pape Wetland Complex	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	51,725	protected area contains site	0
Pape	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	10,853	protected area contains site	10,416
Pape	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	10,853	protected area contains site	0
Pape	Dabas parks	10,850	protected area contains site	10,407
Nidas pludmale	Dabas piemineklis	37	protected area overlaps with site	0
Nida-Pērkone	Aizsargajama juras teritorija	36,700	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Nida-Perkone	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	36,700	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Nida - Perkone	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	36,703	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Nida - Perkone	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	36,703	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Highly improved re-seeded landscapes	-
Coastline	Sand dunes & beaches	-
Forest	Mixed woodland, Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires and springs, Raised bogs, Standing brackish and salt water	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Pape. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 02/04/2023.