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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	-	1999	300 individuals	C3
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1999	800 individuals	C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1996-1999	10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1999	80 males	A1, C1
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1996-1998	15 males	B3
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	breeding	1996-1999	20 breeding pairs	B2
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	breeding	1999	30 breeding pairs	B2
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	1999	80 breeding pairs	B2, 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
2005	Senrusnės ir Sennemunės ežerai	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2005	Senosios Rusnes ornitologinis draustinis	Gamtinis draustinis	6

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		64
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	31
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Standing freshwater	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	64
agriculture	31
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Flooded meadows arround the Senoji & Naujoji Rusne lakes (Lithuania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/flooded-meadows-arround-the-senoji-&-naujoji-rusne-lakes-iba-lithuania on 22/11/2024.