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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
Great Snipe Gallinago media	NT	breeding (2001)	10–20 males	C1
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola	VU	breeding (2001)	10 pairs	C1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1992	Nemuno deltos regioninis parkas	Valstybinis parkas (V)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	96	Humid grasslands; Mesophile grasslands
Artificial/Terrestrial	4	Arable land

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	96
agriculture	4

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Flooded meadows near Sausgalviai settlement (Lithuania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/flooded-meadows-near-sausgalviai-settlement-iba-lithuania on 27/12/2024.