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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
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	breeding	1980-1988	1 breeding pairs	A3
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata	LC	breeding	1980-1988	5-10 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima	LC	breeding	1980-1988	present	A3
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus	LC	breeding	1980-1988	10-30 breeding pairs	A3
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus	LC	breeding	1980-1988	40-70 breeding pairs	A3
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	breeding	1990-1997	30-40 breeding pairs	C6
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus	LC	breeding	1980-1988	5-20 breeding pairs	A3
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus	VU	breeding	1980-1988	present	A3
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus	LC	breeding	1980-1988	present	A3
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus	LC	breeding	1980-1988	2-3 breeding pairs	A3, B2
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus	LC	breeding	1980-1988	present	A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Lake Tjalmejaure--Laisdalen valley	Bird Sanctuary	-
1967	Tjålmejaure	Djur- och växtskyddsområde	86
1974	Tjålmejaure-Laisdalen Valley	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	74
1974	Yrafdeltat	Naturreservat	2
1995	Laisdalens Fjällurskog	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	22
1999	Yraft	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2000	Laisdalens fjällurskog	Naturreservat	22
2003	Laisälven	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	9
2004	Tjålmejaure	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	74

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	60

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Tjålme – Valley of Lais (Sweden). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-tjålme-–-valley-of-lais-iba-sweden on 23/11/2024.