Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Common Pochard Aythya ferina | VU | winter | 1997 | 2,876-5,823 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula | LC | winter | 1997 | 11,917-18,991 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Gadwall Mareca strepera | LC | winter | 1997 | 2,936-4,495 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus | LC | breeding | 1996 | 20 breeding pairs | C6 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus | LC | breeding | 1991 | 1-10 breeding pairs | C6 |
Milvus migrans | NR | breeding | 1991 | 10-100 breeding pairs | B2, C6 |
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis | LC | breeding | 1991 | 10-100 breeding pairs | B2, C6 |
Picus canus | NR | breeding | 1991 | 10-100 breeding pairs | C6 |
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius | LC | breeding | 1991 | 10-100 breeding pairs | C6 |
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius | LC | breeding | 1991 | 10-100 breeding pairs | C6 |
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio | LC | breeding | 1991 | 10-100 breeding pairs | C6 |
Bluethroat Cyanecula svecica | LC | breeding | 1991 | 1-10 breeding pairs | C6 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | winter | 1997 | 20,000-49,999 individuals | A4iii, C4 |
Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.
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Protection status:
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Vallée du Rhin de Lauterbourg à Strasbourg | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 23,680 | protected area overlaps with site | 8,111 |
Secteur Alluvial Rhin-Ried-Bruch, Bas-Rhin | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 20,144 | protected area overlaps with site | 5,126 |
FRN007 | Hunting Reserve | 1,064 | protected area contained by site | 1,064 |
FRN007 | Biological Reserve | 147 | protected area contained by site | 147 |
Forêt d'Offendorf | National Nature Reserve | 59 | protected area contained by site | 60 |
Delta de la Sauer | National Nature Reserve | 486 | protected area contained by site | 486 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest | - |
Shrubland | Heathland | - |
Grassland | Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation | - |
Artificial - terrestrial | Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Other urban and industrial areas, Ruderal land | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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fisheries/aquaculture | - |
forestry | - |
hunting | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
water management | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Vallée du Rhin : Strasbourg à Lauterbourg. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 08/12/2019.