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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 Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	1990-1998	2 breeding pairs	C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1990-1998	1 breeding pairs	C6
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	breeding	1990-1998	4-6 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	breeding	1990-1998	1 breeding pairs	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	1990-1998	7 breeding pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding	1990-1998	4 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding	1990-1998	5 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	breeding	1990-1998	20 breeding pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	breeding	1990-1998	70 breeding pairs	C6
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva	LC	breeding	1990-1998	40-50 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)
Witzhave	Landschaftschutzgebiet	537	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Wälder im Sachsenwald und Schwarze Au	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,534	protected area overlaps with site	1,534
Schönningstedt	Landscape Protection Area	1,862	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sachsenwald-Gebiet	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7,479	protected area overlaps with site	6,630
Oher Tannen	Landschaftschutzgebiet	783	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Klingeberg	Landschaftschutzgebiet	360	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Grande	Landschaftschutzgebiet	459	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Billetal-Südostbereich	Landscape Protection Area	655	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Billetal	Naturschutzgebiet	174	protected area overlaps with site	176
Billetal	Landschaftschutzgebiet	208	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Bille	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	217	protected area overlaps with site	81

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Sachsenwald. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/03/2023.