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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage (1980–1988)	150–200 birds	C2
Common Teal Anas crecca	LC	breeding (1996)	2,600 pairs	B1i, C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding (1996)	58 pairs	B3, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1900	Getteröns fågelreservat	Naturreservat (IV)	73

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	52	Humid grasslands
Wetlands (inland)	40	Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation
Artificial/Terrestrial	8	Arable land

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	55
not utilised	45
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Getterön (Sweden). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/getterön-iba-sweden on 23/12/2024.