Vieluta (Belarus) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

BY043

Vieluta

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2005 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
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	VU	breeding	2002-2003	2 breeding pairs	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2005) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2005. The most recent assessment (2020) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2020	not assessed	medium	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga	2	2	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
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
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	negligible

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest, Mixed woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Broadleaved deciduous woodland	48
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires and springs, Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams	30
Shrubland	Scrub	15
Artificial/Terrestrial	Other urban and industrial areas, Arable land	4
Grassland	Humid grasslands	2

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	95
forestry	77
other	50
fisheries/aquaculture	12
agriculture	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vieluta (Belarus). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vieluta-iba-belarus on 24/11/2024.