Karunginjärvi lake (Finland) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Karunginjärvi lake

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	1996	1,150 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2010	favourable	high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	1,150	1,300	individuals	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1998	Karunginjärvi	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	85
2000	Tornionjoen-Muonionjoen vesistöalue	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	80
2011	Mustasaari	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	1

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
unknown	90

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Karunginjärvi lake (Finland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/karunginjärvi-lake-iba-finland on 23/11/2024.