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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	2002	300 males	C1
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding	2002	60-80 breeding pairs	B2, 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
-	Minijos Senslenis Landscape Reserve	Landscape Reserve	-
1974	Minijos ichtiologinis draustinis	Gamtinis draustinis	35
1974	Minija	Ichtiological Reserve	13
1992	Minijos senslenio krastovaizdzio draustinis	Gamtinis draustinis	16
1992	Salantu regioninis parkas	Valstybinis parkas	14
2004	Minijos upė	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	44
2004	Minijos upės slėnis	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	10
2004	Minijos slėnis ties Dyburiais	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2006	Minijos upės slėnis	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Urban parks and gardens	55
Grassland		26
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	11
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland, Native coniferous woodland	7

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	55
rangeland/pastureland	26
forestry	7
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Valley of Minija River (Lithuania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/valley-of-minija-river-iba-lithuania on 23/11/2024.