Data Zone
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 | 1990-2000 | 1 breeding pairs | C6 |
| Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis | LC | breeding | 1990-2000 | 200 breeding pairs | B3 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schutzzone im Naturpark Altmühltal | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 163,132 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
| Schutz des Donautales westlich von Neuburg im Gebiet der Stadt Neuburg sowie der Märkte Burgheim und Rennertshofen und der Gemeinde Oberhausen, Landkreis Neuburg-Schrobenhausen | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 2,440 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
| Schutz des Donautales westlich von Neuburg im Gebiet der Stadt Neuburg sowie der Märkte Burgheim und Rennertshofen und | Landscape Protection Area | 2,439 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
| Schutz der Donauauen östlich der Stadt Neuburg in der Stadt Neuburg und den Gemeinden Weichering und Bergheim, Landkreis Neuburg sowie des Gebietes Branst in der Gemeinde Weichering als LSG | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 1,908 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
| Schutz der Donauauen östlich der Stadt Neuburg in der Stadt Neuburg und den Gemeinden Weichering und Bergheim, Landkreis | Landscape Protection Area | 1,905 | protected area overlaps with site | 1,337 |
| LSG innerhalb des Naturparks Altmühltal (ehemals Schutzzone) | Landscape Protection Area | 163,307 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
| LSG Gerolfinger Eichenwald im Gebiet der Stadt Ingolstadt, Gemarkungen Gerolfing, Dünzlau, Mühlhausen und Irgertsheim | Landscape Protection Area | 768 | protected area overlaps with site | 565 |
| LSG Gerolfinger Eichenwald | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 772 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
| LSG Auwald südlich der Donau | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 638 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
| Donaumoosbäche; Zucheringer Wörth und Brucker Forst | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 937 | protected area overlaps with site | 48 |
| Donauauen zwischen Lechmündung und Ingolstadt | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 6,995 | protected area contains site | 2,633 |
| Donauauen mit Gerolfinger Eichenwald | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 2,903 | protected area contained by site | 2,600 |
| Donau mit Jura-Hängen zwischen Leitheim und Neuburg | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 3,278 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
| Altmühltal | Nature Park | 296,617 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
| "Auwald südlich der Donau" | Landscape Protection Area | 640 | protected area overlaps with site | 630 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Danube valley between Neuburg and Ingolstadt. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/danube-valley-between-neuburg-and-ingolstadt-iba-germany on 23/09/2023.
