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The site was identified as important in 2010 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
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding	2009	20-25 breeding pairs	C1, C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	2006	2,000 individuals	C2
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	2006-2009	100-150 breeding pairs	C6

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2010).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Wrzosowisko w Orzechowie	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	19	protected area contained by site	19
West Polesie	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	139,917	protected area overlaps with site	0
Poleski Park Narodowy	Park Narodowy	9,766	protected area overlaps with site	5,586
Poleski Park Krajobrazowy	Park Krajobrazowy	5,320	protected area overlaps with site	0
Poleski Obszar Chronionego Krajobrazu	Obszar Chronionego Krajobrazu	48,377	protected area overlaps with site	0
Poleski National Park	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	9,762	protected area overlaps with site	5,586
Polesie	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	18,031	protected area overlaps with site	17,560
Park Krajobrazowy Pojezierze Łęczyńskie	Park Krajobrazowy	12,025	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ostoja Poleska	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	10,159	protected area overlaps with site	7,684
Jeziora Uściwierskie	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,066	protected area overlaps with site	1,834

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Grassland		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Wetlands (inland)		-
Other		-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Polesie. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/polesie-iba-poland on 09/12/2023.