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The site was identified as important in 2004 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2001	80 males	C1
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	2001	20 males	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	2001	20 breeding pairs	C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	2001	6 breeding pairs	C6
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	breeding	2001	200 breeding pairs	C6
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris	LC	breeding	2001	6 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1988	Aguonio geomorfologinis draustinis	Gamtinis draustinis	1
2009	Kalvarija Biosphere Polygon	Biosferos poligonas	72
2009	Grandai	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2010	Kalvarijos apylinkės	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	72

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Ruderal land	72
Grassland		19
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland, Native coniferous woodland	6
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires and springs, Raised bogs, Rivers and streams, Standing freshwater	2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	71
rangeland/pastureland	19

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Agricultural land near the Kalvarija settlement (Lithuania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/agricultural-land-near-the-kalvarija-settlement-iba-lithuania on 22/11/2024.