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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
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix	LC	breeding	1999	35 males	C6
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1999	2,000-5,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1999-2003	3,000-7,000 individuals	C3
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1999	20-35 males	B3, C6
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	1999	55 males	B3, C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1999	600-900 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	1999	28 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1999	12-17 males	B2, C6
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	breeding	1999	3 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	1999	40-60 breeding pairs	C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	1999	6-9 breeding pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	breeding	1999	20 breeding pairs	C6
White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos	LC	breeding	1999	32 breeding pairs	C6
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola	VU	breeding	1999	15 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	breeding	1999	10 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
1937	Zuvintas	Nature Reserve	29
1993	Zuvintas	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	29
2002	Zuvinto biosferos rezervatas	Biosferos rezervatas	100
2004	Žuvinto ežeras ir Buktos miškas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2009	Žuvinto; Žaltyčio ir Amalvo pelkės	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2011	Zuvintas	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	50

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest, Native coniferous woodland, Treeline ecotone	33
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Raised bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs, Water fringe vegetation	31
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas	20
Grassland		15

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
agriculture	20
rangeland/pastureland	15
forestry	minor (<10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zuvintas Biosphere Reserve (Lithuania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zuvintas-biosphere-reserve-iba-lithuania on 22/11/2024.