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The site was identified as important in 2002 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus	LC	breeding	1997-2000	20-30 breeding pairs	C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	breeding	1997-2000	4-6 breeding pairs	C6

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2002).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Sendefunkstelle Mainflingen/Zellhausen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	166	protected area overlaps with site	39
Sandkiefernwälder in der östlichen Untermainebene	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	5,901	protected area overlaps with site	3,165
Rotsohl und Thomassee von Dudenhofen	Naturschutzgebiet	52	protected area contained by site	52
Reikersberg bei Nieder-Roden mit angrenzenden Flächen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	18	protected area contained by site	17
NSG Nieder-Rodener Lache	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	125	protected area overlaps with site	70
Niederrodener Lache	Naturschutzgebiet	112	protected area overlaps with site	69
Mooskiefernwald von Dudenhofen	Naturschutzgebiet	36	protected area contained by site	36
LSG Unter- und Oberhübnerwald in der Gemarkung Stockstadt	Landscape Protection Area	948	protected area overlaps with site	14
LSG Unter- und Oberhübnerwald in der Gemarkung Stockstadt	Landschaftschutzgebiet	952	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Landkreis Offenbach	Landscape Protection Area	17,000	protected area overlaps with site	2,840
Landkreis Offenbach	Landschaftschutzgebiet	17,753	protected area overlaps with site	0
Landkreis Dieburg	Landschaftschutzgebiet	2,022	protected area overlaps with site	418
Kies- und Sandgrube von Dudenhofen	Naturschutzgebiet	17	protected area overlaps with site	14

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dune and aeolian sand area Dudenhofen, Babenhausen, Seligenstadt. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dune-and-aeolian-sand-area-dudenhofen-babenhausen-seligenstadt-iba-germany on 04/10/2023.