Libava (Czechia) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Libava

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2002 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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2000-2002	100 males	A1, C1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2002. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

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

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Corncrake Crex crex	100	150	males	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low

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 plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1993	Smolenská luka	Prírodní rezervace (PR)	<1
1993	Smolenska luka	Nature Reserve	<1
2004	Libavá	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2005	Libavá	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	33
2005	Horní Odra	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2009	Libavá	Contract Protected Area	32

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		57
Artificial/Terrestrial		19
Grassland		10
Shrubland		1
Wetlands (inland)		1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
military	major (>10)
agriculture	-
forestry	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Libava (Czechia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/libava-iba-czechia on 23/11/2024.