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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2003

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	2000-2003	3,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena	LC	breeding	2002	53-60 breeding pairs	B1i, C3
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	2002	4-7 breeding pairs	C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	2002	50-75 breeding pairs	C6

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

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Vooremaa MKA, Vooremaa pv.	Maastikukaitseala piiranguvöönd	9,648	protected area overlaps with site	0
Vooremaa MKA, Soitsjärve skv.	Maastikukaitseala hooldatav sihtkaitsevöönd	188	protected area contained by site	0
Vooremaa maastikukaitseala	Maastikukaitseala (looduspark)	9,882	protected area contains site	0
Vooremaa järvede	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,110	protected area overlaps with site	1,657
Vooremaa	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3,753	is identical to site	3,733
Saadjärve park	Tsoneerimata kaitseala	12	protected area contained by site	0
Noorema Kalevipoja kivi; (Ohvrikivi Noorema Kalevipoja kivi)	Kaitstav looduse üksikobjekt	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Keskmise Kalevipoja lingukivi	Kaitstav looduse üksikobjekt	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kalevipoja lingukivi e. Kalevipoja tool; Kalevipoja liisukivi e. Kalevipoja tool	Kaitstav looduse üksikobjekt	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Kaiavere mõisa park	Maastikukaitseala piiranguvöönd	11	protected area overlaps with site	0
Elistvere mõisa park	Maastikukaitseala piiranguvöönd	20	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland	-
Grassland		-
Shrubland		-

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

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vooremaa. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/18561 on 07/06/2023.