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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	2002	5 breeding pairs	B2
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	breeding	2002	5 breeding pairs	A1
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	LC	breeding	2002	9 breeding pairs	B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2003) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2003. The most recent assessment (2018) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	5	5	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Unknown	No management planning has taken place	Unknown	negligible

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	70
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	15
Grassland	Humid grasslands	5
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Fens, transition mires and springs	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	70
agriculture	10
not utilised	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: L'va floodplain (Belarus). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lva-floodplain-iba-belarus on 24/11/2024.