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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding (1998–1999)	10 males	B3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage (2000)	700 birds	A4i, B1i, C2
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	breeding (1998–1999)	10 pairs	B2
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding (2000)	4–5 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1992	Sulinkiu ornitologinis draustinis	Gamtinis draustinis (IV)	6
2004	Sulinkiu atkuriamasis sklypas	Atkuriamasis sklypas (IV)	95

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	77	Fens, transition mires and springs; Raised bogs; Rivers and streams; Standing freshwater
Forest	23	Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Treeline ecotone

Land use	% of IBA
energy production and mining	30
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Exploited Sulinkiai peatbog (Lithuania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/exploited-sulinkiai-peatbog-iba-lithuania on 25/12/2024.