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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter (1996)	87–1,034 birds	A4i, B1i
Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris	CR	passage (1992)	5 birds	A1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2002	Ishulli i Cabakut	Nature Monument (Category III IUCN) (III)	-
2010	Patok-Fushe-Kuqe	Rezerve Natyrore e Menaxhuar (IV)	100
2010	Kune-Vain-Tale	Rezerve Natyrore e Menaxhuar (IV)	10

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	20	Arable land
Forest	10	Native coniferous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest
Shrubland	10
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Intertidal	-

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	80
fisheries/aquaculture	40
agriculture	20
tourism/recreation	10
forestry	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Patoku lagoon (Albania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/patoku-lagoon-iba-albania on 24/12/2024.