Data Zone
Country/territory: Germany
IBA Criteria met: A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, B3, C1, C2, C3, C4, C6 (2002)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 62,769 ha
Site description
The area is a mosaic of moraine lakes, reedbeds (Phragmites), fens, peatbogs and forest.
Key biodiversity
The site regularly holds more than 20,000 passage waterbirds, and is a migratory bottleneck site˜up to 3,000 Grus grus regularly pass. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Otis tarda (breeding).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Schorfheide-Chorin. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 01/04/2023.
