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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2017 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	passage (2017)	min 3,750 birds	A4, B3a, C2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Võrtsjärve hoiuala	Limited Management Zone (-)	95
1957	Trepimägi	Nature Reserve (-)	<1
1957	Tamme paljand	Nature Reserve (-)	<1
1959	Kivilõpe Kalevipoja kivi	Kaitstav looduse üksikobjekt (III)	-
1998	Järveküla LKA, Järveküla pv.	Looduskaitseala piiranguvöönd (VI)	1
1998	Järveküla LKA, Järveküla skv.	Looduskaitseala looduslik sihtkaitsevöönd (Ib)	<1
2005	Võrtsjärve hoiuala (Viljandi)	Hoiuala (VI)	58
2006	Võrtsjärve hoiuala (Tartu)	Hoiuala (VI)	35
2006	Võrtsjärve hoiuala (Valga)	Hoiuala (VI)	2
2006	Väikese Emajõe hoiuala	Hoiuala (VI)	<1
2006	Põhtjärve hoiuala	Hoiuala (VI)	<1
2006	Purtsi jõe hoiuala	Hoiuala (VI)	<1
2010	Kalbuse püsielupaik	Species Protection Site (-)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	89	Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation
Forest	4	Native coniferous woodland; Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Mixed woodland
Artificial/Terrestrial	2	Arable land
Grassland	2
Shrubland	2

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	96
fisheries/aquaculture	85
forestry	5
agriculture	4
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Võrtsjärv (Estonia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/võrtsjärv-iba-estonia on 28/12/2024.