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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	60 breeding pairs	C1
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding	2002	20 breeding pairs	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
-	Venta Regional Park	Regional Park	-
1992	Ventos regioninis parkas	Valstybinis parkas	47
2004	Ventos upė	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	20
2008	Ventos upės slėnis auksčiau Papilės	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2008	Ventos upės slėnis žemiau Papilės	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2008	Ventos upės slėnis aukščiau Ventos	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2008	Gumbakių atodanga	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2008	Višetės upė	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2009	Ventos upės slėnis	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Other urban and industrial areas, Urban parks and gardens, Arable land	59
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland, Broadleaved deciduous woodland	23
Grassland		9
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Standing freshwater	9

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	56
rangeland/pastureland	9
nature conservation and research	-

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