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 |
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Bean Goose Anser fabalis | LC | winter | 1990-2000 | 1,000-2,000 individuals | B1i, C3 |
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) |
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Westliches Hanauer Land | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 1,377 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Silberweidenwald Steinmauern | Naturschutzgebiet | 69 | protected area overlaps with site | 56 |
Rheinniederung zwischen Wintersdorf und Karlsruhe | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 5,530 | protected area overlaps with site | 942 |
Rheinniederung von Lichtenau bis Iffezheim | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 2,052 | protected area overlaps with site | 1,775 |
Rheinniederung von der Rench- bis zur Murgmündung | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 3,105 | protected area contained by site | 2,930 |
Rheinniederung und Hardtebene zwischen Lichtenau und Iffezheim | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 2,832 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Rheinniederung Kehl - Helmlingen | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 2,134 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Rheinknie Alter Kopfgrund | Naturschutzgebiet | 230 | protected area contained by site | 227 |
Rastatter Ried | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 1,049 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Rastatter Rheinaue | Naturschutzgebiet | 846 | protected area overlaps with site | 785 |
Lichtenauer Rheinniederung | Naturschutzgebiet | 230 | protected area contained by site | 228 |
Lichtenauer Rheinniederung | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 208 | protected area overlaps with site | 131 |
Bruch bei Bühl und Baden-Baden | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 2,146 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rhine flats between mouth of Rench and mouth of Murg. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rhine-flats-between-mouth-of-rench-and-mouth-of-murg-iba-germany on 25/09/2023.