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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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1994-2004	50-100 breeding pairs	C1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1994-2004	3-8 breeding pairs	C6
Ural Owl Strix uralensis	LC	resident	1994-2004	10-15 breeding pairs	C6
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	breeding	1994-2004	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina	LC	breeding	1994-2004	10-20 breeding pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	1994-2004	20-50 breeding pairs	C6

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	Seldżu ozolu audze	Nature Reserve	<1
1999	Pārabaine	Nature Reserve	58
1999	Pededzes lejtece	Nature Reserve	32
2002	Lubana wetland complex	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	83
2004	Lubana mitrajs	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2009	Lubāna mitrājs	Dabas liegums	98
2009	Lubana mitrajs	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	98

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland, Native coniferous woodland	64
Shrubland	Scrub	17
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	9
Wetlands (inland)	Raised bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs	8
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes	2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	major (>10)
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pededze forest and Parabaine (Latvia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pededze-forest-and-parabaine-iba-latvia on 22/11/2024.