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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
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	breeding	2001	100 breeding pairs	C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	2001	30 breeding pairs	C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1996-1999	9 breeding pairs	B2
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	breeding	2001	10 breeding pairs	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	2001	12 breeding pairs	C6
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	breeding	1996-1999	10 breeding pairs	B2
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	breeding	2001	40 breeding pairs	C6
Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus	LC	breeding	2001	10 breeding pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	breeding	2001	25-30 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
1992	Budos botaninis - zoologinis draustinis	Gamtinis draustinis	16
2004	Būdos-Pravieniškių miškai	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2004	Budos-Pravieniskiu miskų biosferos poligonas	Biosferos poligonas	100
2009	Būdos-Pravieniškių miškas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	19

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest, Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Treeline ecotone	96
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	4

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	3
forestry	major (>10)
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Buda - Pravieniskes forest complex (Lithuania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/buda--pravieniskes-forest-complex-iba-lithuania on 23/11/2024.