Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
10–50 pairs |
B2, C2, C6 |
Smew Mergellus albellus |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
10–50 pairs |
B2, C2 |
Common Crane Grus grus |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
20–50 pairs |
B2, C6 |
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
100–300 pairs |
B3 |
Ruff Calidris pugnax |
LC |
breeding (1995) |
400–1,000 pairs |
B3, C6 |
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus |
VU |
breeding (1994) |
400–1,000 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B2, C3 |
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
300–1,000 pairs |
C2 |
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
100–300 pairs |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
2,000–5,000 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
Northern Hawk-owl Surnia ulula |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
50–200 pairs |
C6 |
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
20–50 pairs |
B2, C6 |
Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
5–20 pairs |
C6 |
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo |
LC |
resident (1996) |
5–10 pairs |
B2, C6 |
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
10–50 pairs |
B2, C6 |
Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus |
LC |
resident (1994) |
70–200 pairs |
B2, C6 |
Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus |
LC |
resident (1994) |
500–1,500 pairs |
B2 |
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
1,000–3,000 pairs |
B2 |
European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
300–600 pairs |
B3 |
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
2,000–5,000 pairs |
B2 |
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
5,000–10,000 pairs |
B3 |
1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
2010 |
very poor |
low |
low |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
population |
medium |
|
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Wetlands (inland) |
75 |
Raised bogs |
Forest |
25 |
|
Land use |
% of IBA |
unknown |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pomokaira-Koitelaiskaira (Finland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pomokaira-koitelaiskaira-iba-finland on 03/12/2024.