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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2016

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix	LC	resident	2011-2015	2 breeding pairs	C6
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus	LC	breeding	2011-2015	80-98 breeding pairs	B3, C6

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Sprengenberg	Nature Reserve	907	protected area contained by site	907
Sallandse Heuvelrug	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,217	is identical to site	2,226
Sallandse Heuvelrug	Nature Conservation Law	2,335	protected area contained by site	2,321
Sallandse Heuvelrug	Nationaal Park	2,733	protected area contains site	0
Sallandse Heuvelrug	Natuurbeschermingswet	2,217	is identical to site	0
Sallandse Heuvelrug	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,217	is identical to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sallandse Heuvelrug. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1269 on 03/06/2023.