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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1998	3-5 breeding pairs	B2
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding	1998	100-140 breeding pairs	B3
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus	LC	resident	1998	150 breeding pairs	B2
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor	LC	resident	1998	30 breeding pairs	B2
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1998	30,000-40,000 individuals	A4iv, B1iv, C5

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-
Grassland		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vogelsberg. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/3517 on 31/05/2023.