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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	200-500 individuals	C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1994-2004	1,000-5,000 individuals	C3
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	1994-2004	10-25 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1994-2004	25-35 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	1994-2004	20-30 breeding pairs	C6
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1994-2004	3,000 individuals	C5

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
1962	Nidas pludmale	Dabas piemineklis	<1
1977	Pape	Dabas parks	100
2002	Pape Wetland Complex	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
2003	Pape	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2004	Pape	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		43
Forest	Mixed woodland, Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	28
Shrubland	Scrub	12
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	9
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Highly improved re-seeded landscapes	5
Marine Intertidal		2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	20
agriculture	10
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
hunting	major (>10)
urban/industrial/transport	minor (<10)
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pape (Latvia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pape-iba-latvia on 22/11/2024.