Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
35 males |
C6 |
| Bean Goose Anser fabalis |
LC |
passage (1999) |
2,000–5,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons |
LC |
passage (1999–2003) |
3,000–7,000 birds |
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 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
| Common Crane Grus grus |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
28 pairs |
C6 |
| Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
12–17 males |
B2, C6 |
| Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
3 pairs |
C6 |
| Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
40–60 pairs |
C6 |
| Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
6–9 pairs |
C6 |
| Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
20 pairs |
C6 |
| White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
32 pairs |
C6 |
| Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola |
VU |
breeding (1999) |
15 pairs |
A1, B2, C1 |
| Bluethroat Luscinia svecica |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
10 pairs |
C6 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1937 |
Zuvintas |
Nature Reserve (-) |
29 |
| 2002 |
Zuvinto biosferos rezervatas
|
Biosferos rezervatas (Ia) |
100
|
| 2011 |
Zuvintas
|
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA) |
50 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
33 |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Mixed woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest; Native coniferous woodland; Treeline ecotone |
| Wetlands (inland) |
31 |
Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Raised bogs; Fens, transition mires and springs; Water fringe vegetation |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
20 |
Arable land; Other urban and industrial areas |
| Grassland |
15 |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| nature conservation and research |
100 |
| agriculture |
20 |
| rangeland/pastureland |
15 |
| forestry |
minor (<10) |
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 23/12/2024.
