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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	winter (1990–2000)	500–2,510 birds	B1i, C3
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	passage (1995–1999)	200–400 birds	A4i, B1i, C2
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	breeding (1995–2001)	6–26 pairs	C6
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage (1990–2000)	300–1,000 birds	B1i, C3
Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri	VU	passage (1990–1999)	300–2,000 birds	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	winter (1990–2000)	1,000–4,600 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage (1990–2000)	1,525 birds	B1i, C2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1959	Panga maastikukaitseala	Landscape Protection Area (-)	1
1990	West Estonian Archipelago	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	100
1999	Panga MKA, Panga skv.	Maastikukaitseala hooldatav sihtkaitsevöönd (V)	<1
1999	Panga MKA, Panga pv.	Maastikukaitseala piiranguvöönd (V)	<1
2004	Laidu saare LKA, Laidu saare skv.	Looduskaitseala hooldatav sihtkaitsevöönd (IV)	<1
2007	Küdema lahe hoiuala	Hoiuala (VI)	98
2007	Küdema lahe hoiuala	Limited Management Zone (-)	98

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	88
Forest	7	Mixed woodland; Native coniferous woodland
Wetlands (inland)	4	Water fringe vegetation
Shrubland	1

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
fisheries/aquaculture	85
forestry	5
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Küdema bay (Estonia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/küdema-bay-iba-estonia on 26/12/2024.