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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2009

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
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)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Delta of the Rhine. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/06/2022.