Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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 |
| Smew Mergellus albellus |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
20 pairs |
C2, C6 |
| Greater Scaup Aythya marila |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
50 pairs |
A3 |
| Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
20–30 pairs |
B2, C6 |
| Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
9,000 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B3, C2, C6 |
| Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
500 pairs |
A4i, B1i, C2, C6 |
| Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
100 pairs |
B3 |
| Ruff Calidris pugnax |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
500 pairs |
B3, C6 |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus |
VU |
breeding (2006) |
30 pairs |
B2 |
| Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
50 pairs |
A3, B3 |
| Great Snipe Gallinago media |
NT |
breeding (2007) |
40–250 males |
A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2, C6 |
| Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
500 pairs |
A3, C6 |
| Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
50–100 pairs |
A3 |
| Common Redshank Tringa totanus |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
700 pairs |
B1i, B2, C3 |
| Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
500–1,000 pairs |
B2, C6 |
| Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
300 pairs |
A3, B1ii, C3 |
| Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
50–100 pairs |
B2, C6 |
| Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
30 pairs |
B2, C6 |
| Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus |
LC |
breeding (2000–2006) |
present |
A3 |
| Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus |
LC |
breeding (1980–1988) |
5–14 pairs |
A3, B2, C6 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1900 |
Vindelfjällen
|
Naturreservat (Ib) |
100
|
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| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Grassland |
36 |
Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland; Humid grasslands |
| Forest |
30 |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland |
| Shrubland |
15 |
Scrub |
| Wetlands (inland) |
13 |
Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation; Fens, transition mires and springs |
| Other |
3 |
|
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
3 |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
| other |
- |
| hunting |
- |
| rangeland/pastureland |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vindel Mountains (including Lake Tärna) (Sweden). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vindel-mountains-(including-lake-tärna)-iba-sweden on 23/12/2024.
