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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2002

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	1980-1989	3-5 breeding pairs	C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	1993-1998	1 breeding pairs	C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	passage	1993-1998	4 individuals	C6
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	passage	1990-2000	1,200 individuals	B1i, C3
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	passage	1993-1998	5 individuals	C6
Milvus migrans	NR	breeding	1990-2000	20-25 breeding pairs	C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	breeding	1990-2000	20-30 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)
Rußheimer Altrhein-Elisabethenwört	Naturschutzgebiet	538	protected area contained by site	532
Rußheimer Altrhein	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	85	protected area overlaps with site	64
Rußheimer Altrhein	Naturschutzgebiet	47	protected area contained by site	0
Rhine flats: Karlsruhe -- Rheinsheim	Nature Reserve	750	unknown	0
Rhine flats: Karlsruhe -- Rheinsheim	Landscape Protected Area	0	unknown	0
Rheinniederung von Philippsburg bis Mannheim	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3,494	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Rheinniederung von Karlsruhe bis Philippsburg	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4,656	protected area overlaps with site	3,377
Rheinniederung Karlsruhe - Rheinsheim	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	5,116	protected area contained by site	5,116
Rheinniederung Germersheim-Speyer	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,072	protected area overlaps with site	116
Rheinaue nördlich von Karlsruhe	Landschaftschutzgebiet	1,880	protected area contained by site	1,941
Pfälzische Rheinauen	Landscape Protection Area	21,000	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Pfälzische Rheinauen	Landschaftschutzgebiet	20,833	protected area overlaps with site	0
Hördter Rheinaue inklusive Kahnbusch und Oberscherpfer Wald	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1,976	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Hördter Rheinaue	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,382	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Brückenkopf	Naturschutzgebiet	36	protected area overlaps with site	2
Altrhein-Königsee	Naturschutzgebiet	12	protected area contained by site	11
Altrhein Kleiner Bodensee	Naturschutzgebiet	217	protected area contained by site	198

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Rhine flats Karlsruhe - Rheinsheim. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/03/2023.