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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
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	breeding	-	40-50 males	C6
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix	LC	breeding	-	50 males	B2, C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	-	20-25 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	breeding	-	5-6 breeding pairs	C6
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	breeding	1996-1998	10-15 males	A1
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	breeding	-	20 breeding pairs	C6
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	breeding	-	10 breeding pairs	C6
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus	LC	breeding	-	20 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus	LC	breeding	-	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
1975	Cepkeliu valstybinis gamtinis rezervatas	Valstybinis rezervatas	100
1975	Cepkeliai	Nature Reserve	100
1993	Cepkeliai	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	94
2004	Čepkelių pelkė	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2005	Čepkelių pelkė	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland, Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Treeline ecotone	78
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Raised bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs	29
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	2
Grassland		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cepkeliai Strict Nature Reserve (Lithuania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cepkeliai-strict-nature-reserve-iba-lithuania on 23/11/2024.