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The site was identified as important in 2003 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
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	passage	1991-1999	4,300-9,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	2001	6-30 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2003) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1937	Vilsandi rahvuspark	Rahvuspark	2
1990	West Estonian Archipelago	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100
1997	Vilsandi National Park	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	2
1999	Vilsandi RP, Mere skv.	Rahvuspargi hooldatav sihtkaitsevöönd	2
1999	Vilsandi RP, Naistekivi skv.	Rahvuspargi looduslik sihtkaitsevöönd	1
2004	Karala-Pilguse	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	98
2004	Karala-Pilguse	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	98
2007	Karala-Pilguse hoiuala	Hoiuala	92
2007	Karala-Pilguse hoiuala	Limited Management Zone	93
2011	Pilguse püsielupaigad	Species Protection Site	1
2011	Pussa püsielupaik	Species Protection Site	3

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		51
Grassland		14
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	14
Forest	Mixed woodland, Native coniferous woodland	9
Shrubland		9
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	95
fisheries/aquaculture	50
agriculture	15
forestry	10
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Karala-Pilguse (Estonia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/karala-pilguse-iba-estonia on 23/11/2024.