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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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	breeding (1997)	10 males	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1988	Gelednes botaninis draustinis	Gamtinis draustinis (IV)	18
2005	Gelednes misko biosferos poligonas	Biosferos poligonas (VI)	58

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	96	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Mixed woodland; Native coniferous woodland; Treeline ecotone
Grassland	1
Wetlands (inland)	1	Raised bogs

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	1
forestry	major (>10)
nature conservation and research	-
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Geledne forest (Lithuania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/geledne-forest-iba-lithuania on 08/01/2025.