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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	VU	breeding	1996	present	A3
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	breeding	1996	1-11 breeding pairs	A3
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	breeding	1996	1-11 breeding pairs	A3
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	breeding	1996	6-10 breeding pairs	B2
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	breeding	1996	1-11 breeding pairs	A3
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	breeding	1996	11-50 breeding pairs	A3
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii	LC	breeding	1996	1-11 breeding pairs	A3
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus	LC	breeding	1996	11-50 breeding pairs	A3
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus	LC	breeding	1996	1-11 breeding pairs	A3
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus	LC	breeding	1996	1-11 breeding pairs	A3

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.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus	5	0	breeding pairs	0	very unfavourable
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	25	25	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	115	115	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus	6,000	7,500	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1988	Sammuttijängän-Vaijoenjängän soidensuojelualue	Soidensuojelualue	100
1996	Kaldoaivin Erämaa	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
1998	Kaldoaivin Erämaa	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2003	Jaakopinkaltion luonnonsuojelualue	Yksityinen luonnonsuojelualue	<1
2004	Sammuttijänkä - Vaijoenjänkä Mires	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Raised bogs	65
Forest		35

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sammutinjänkä-Vaijoenjänkä (Finland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sammutinjänkä-vaijoenjänkä-iba-finland on 23/11/2024.