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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	breeding	1998-1999	15 breeding pairs	B2
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	breeding	2001	3-5 breeding pairs	C6
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	breeding	2001	5 breeding pairs	B2
Mew Gull Larus canus	LC	breeding	1998-1999	80 breeding pairs	B2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2001	220-275 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1974	Aukstaitijos nacionalinis parkas	Valstybinis parkas	100
1974	Aukstaitija	National Park	100
1974	Kretuonas	Ornithological Reserve	100
2005	Kretuono ežeras ir jo apylinkės	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2005	Kretuono ežeras	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Raised bogs, Water fringe vegetation	69
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	19
Forest	Mixed woodland, Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Treeline ecotone	11
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	19
agriculture	1
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kretuonas Landscape Reserve (Lithuania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kretuonas-landscape-reserve-iba-lithuania on 23/11/2024.