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 |
| Mute Swan Cygnus olor |
LC |
winter (1988–1993) |
15,445 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula |
LC |
winter (1988–1993) |
4,575 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Goosander Mergus merganser |
LC |
winter (1988–1993) |
2,410 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator |
LC |
winter (1988–1993) |
3,695 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula |
LC |
winter (1988–1993) |
16,880 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Eurasian Coot Fulica atra |
LC |
winter (1988–1993) |
18,605 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata |
LC |
winter (1988–1993) |
2,000–3,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
| Arctic Loon Gavia arctica |
LC |
winter (1988–1993) |
250–1,250 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (1988–1993) |
64,000–66,000 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| - |
Karrebaeksminde |
Game Reserve (-) |
-
|
| - |
Smälandsfarvandet |
National Nature Area (-) |
-
|
| - |
Nakskov Fjord |
National Nature Area (-) |
-
|
| - |
Guldborg Sund |
Game Reserve (-) |
-
|
| 1977 |
Karrebæk, Dybsø and Avnø Fjords |
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance (-) |
9 |
| 2002 |
Avnø
|
Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser (V) |
<1 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Neritic |
100 |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| unknown |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Smålandsfarvandet (Denmark). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/smålandsfarvandet-iba-denmark on 23/12/2024.
