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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	1994-2004	500-2,200 individuals	C2
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	breeding	1994-2004	3-5 breeding pairs	C6
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	passage	1994-2004	200-900 individuals	C2
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	passage	1994-2004	350 individuals	C2
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	passage	1994-2004	3,257 individuals	C3
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	breeding	1994-2004	2-10 breeding pairs	C6
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1994-2004	50-100 breeding pairs	C1
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	1994-2004	2-10 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1994-2004	10-30 breeding pairs	C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1994-2004	2-5 breeding pairs	C6
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	breeding	1994-2004	35-1,000 breeding pairs	B2
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	1994-2004	1-5 breeding pairs	C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	1994-2004	100-500 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1994-2004	100-200 breeding pairs	C6
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	resident	1994-2004	2-4 breeding pairs	C6
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	breeding	1994-2004	3-6 breeding pairs	C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	non-breeding	1994-2004	15-30 individuals	C1
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	resident	1994-2004	2-4 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	-	20,000 individuals	A4iii, C4

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
1977	Tīrumnieku purvs	Nature Reserve	1
1987	Salas purvs	Nature Reserve	<1
1999	Idenas un Kavapanu diki	Restricted Nature Territory	5
1999	Īdiņu purvs	Nature Reserve	4
1999	Pārabaine	Nature Reserve	2
1999	Lubānas un Suļagala purvs	Nature Reserve	14
1999	Lubānas ieplakas	Nature Reserve	12
2002	Lubana wetland complex	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	96
2004	Lubana mitrajs	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	95
2009	Lubāna mitrājs	Dabas liegums	95
2009	Lubana mitrajs	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	95

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Raised bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs	62
Forest	Mixed woodland, Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	19
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	11
Shrubland	Scrub	6
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Highly improved re-seeded landscapes	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
water management	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lubans and fish-ponds (Latvia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lubans-and-fish-ponds-iba-latvia on 23/11/2024.