Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2009
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 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus | LC | breeding | 1995-2005 | 4-11 breeding pairs | C6 |
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus | LC | breeding | 1997-2005 | 1-8 breeding pairs | C6 |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo | LC | breeding | 2000-2005 | 228-310 breeding pairs | C6 |
Milvus migrans | NR | breeding | 2005 | 8 breeding pairs | C6 |
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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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Rheindelta | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 2,066 | protected area overlaps with site | 2,040 |
Rheindelta | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 2,066 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Rheindelta | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 2,065 | protected area overlaps with site | 1,960 |
Rheindelta | Naturschutzgebiet | 2,085 | protected area overlaps with site | 1,960 |
Rheindelta | Naturschutzgebiet | 2,085 | protected area overlaps with site | 1,972 |
Mehrerauer Seeufer - Mündung der Bregenzerach | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 118 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Mehrerauer Seeufer - Bregenzerachmündung | Naturschutzgebiet | 118 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Lauteracher Ried | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 580 | protected area contained by site | 580 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Alluvial and very wet forest | - |
Grassland | Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land, Forestry plantations | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
forestry | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Delta of the Rhine. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 26/06/2022.