Data Zone
Country/territory: Germany
IBA Criteria met: C6 (2002)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 9,017 ha
Site description
A loess-covered mountain range of volcanic origin. Although vineyards predominate, many traditional landscape elements still occur. Habitat-types include Fagus and Quercus-Carpinus forest, sub-Mediterranean scrub communities, dry grassland, loess cliffs, orchards, abandoned quarries and arable land.
Key biodiversity
A nationally important site for breeding Merops apiaster and Saxicola torquata.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kaiserstuhl. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 28/01/2023.
