Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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 |
| Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus |
LC |
resident (1996) |
200–400 pairs |
C6 |
| Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis |
VU |
breeding (1996) |
10–30 pairs |
A3 |
| Common Scoter Melanitta nigra |
LC |
breeding (2007) |
100–300 pairs |
A3 |
| Greater Scaup Aythya marila |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
25–50 pairs |
A3 |
| Common Crane Grus grus |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
15–50 pairs |
C6 |
| Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
15–30 pairs |
C6 |
| Arctic Loon Gavia arctica |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
12–25 pairs |
C6 |
| Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria |
LC |
breeding (2007) |
500–1,500 pairs |
B3, C6 |
| Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus |
LC |
breeding (2007) |
50–100 pairs |
C6 |
| Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
100–200 pairs |
B3 |
| Ruff Calidris pugnax |
LC |
breeding (2007) |
100–200 pairs |
C6 |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus |
VU |
breeding (1996) |
25–75 pairs |
B2 |
| Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
1–20 pairs |
A3 |
| Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
20–50 pairs |
A3, B3 |
| Great Snipe Gallinago media |
NT |
breeding (2002–2007) |
100–200 males |
A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2, C6 |
| Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
50–150 pairs |
A3 |
| Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
1–5 pairs |
A3 |
| Common Redshank Tringa totanus |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
150–250 pairs |
B2 |
| Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
150–300 pairs |
C6 |
| Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
10–50 pairs |
A3 |
| Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
20 pairs |
B2, C6 |
| Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
5–50 pairs |
A3 |
| Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus |
LC |
breeding (2007) |
50–250 pairs |
B2, C6 |
| Merlin Falco columbarius |
LC |
breeding (2007) |
25–50 pairs |
C6 |
| Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus |
LC |
non-breeding (1996) |
4–5 birds |
A3 |
| Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis |
LC |
breeding (2007) |
5,000–8,000 pairs |
B3 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1976 |
Hallsnaset |
Bird Sanctuary (-) |
<1 |
| 1976 |
Enadeltat |
Bird Sanctuary (-) |
<1 |
| 1990 |
Topptjarn (Storlien) |
Bird Sanctuary (-) |
<1 |
| 2016 |
Vålådalen utvidgning
|
Naturreservat (Ib) |
16 |
Local Conservation Groups
The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.
| Name |
Year formed |
| Ånnsjöns Fågelstation |
0 |
For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please visit
Spotlight on local empowerment.
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
major (>10) |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland; Mixed woodland; Wooded tundra; Treeline ecotone |
| Grassland |
major (>10) |
Tundra; Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland |
| Wetlands (inland) |
major (>10) |
Rivers and streams; Fens, transition mires and springs; Standing freshwater |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| hunting |
80 |
| other |
50 |
| nature conservation and research |
30 |
| tourism/recreation |
25 |
| forestry |
20 |
| water management |
10 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Ånn – Storlien (Sweden). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-ånn-–-storlien-iba-sweden on 23/12/2024.
