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The site was identified as important in 2001 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	2001	300-800 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	breeding	1996	900-1,200 breeding pairs	B1i, C3
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	2001	2,250-4,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	passage	2001	50-150 individuals	C2
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	breeding	1996	1,400-1,800 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	passage	2001	1,800-4,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	passage	2001	5,500-15,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Teal Anas crecca	LC	breeding	1996	2,000-2,500 breeding pairs	B1i, C3
Common Teal Anas crecca	LC	passage	2001	2,500-5,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	2001	275-700 individuals	B1i, C2
Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus	VU	passage	2001	150-450 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus	LC	passage	2001	800-1,500 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	passage	2001	500-2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	passage	2001	4,000-12,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	breeding	2001	10-20 breeding pairs	B2
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	passage	2001	5-20 individuals	A1, C1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2001) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1971	Stora Tuvan	Nature Reserve	5
1983	Röbäcksslätten	Wildlife and Plant Sanctuary	12
1989	Umeälv delta	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	31
1996	Umeälvens delta och slätter	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2002	Umeälvens Delta	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	59
2008	Ängsbacka	Naturreservat	1
2009	Södra Degernässlätten - Sundet	Naturreservat	4
2010	Umeälvens delta	Naturreservat	48
2012	Umedeltats slättbygd	Djur- och växtskyddsområde	33

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		35
Marine Neritic		30
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	20
Artificial/Terrestrial	Ruderal land	10
Grassland	Humid grasslands	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	10
tourism/recreation	10
forestry	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: River Ume Delta and Plains (Sweden). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/river-ume-delta-and-plains-iba-sweden on 22/11/2024.