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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	1997	2 individuals	C6
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	breeding	1990-2000	14 breeding pairs	B2
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	winter	1990-2000	400 individuals	B1i, C3
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	passage	1997	1 individuals	C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	winter	1990-2000	4 individuals	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1990-2000	56 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1990-2000	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii, C4

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)
Starnberger See und westlich angrenzende Gebiete	Landschaftschutzgebiet	9,468	protected area contains site	0
Starnberger See	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	5,720	protected area overlaps with site	5,671
Starnberger See	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	5,671	is identical to site	5,671
Starnberger See	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5,724	is identical to site	5,671
LSG Ufergebiet am Starnberger See Bernried, Seeshaupt	Landscape Protection Area	729	protected area overlaps with site	9
LSG Ufergebiet am Starnberger See Bernried, Seeshaupt	Landschaftschutzgebiet	723	protected area is adjacent to site	0
LSG Starnberger See - Ost	Landscape Protection Area	2,952	protected area is adjacent to site	0
LSG Starnberger See - Ost	Landschaftschutzgebiet	2,955	protected area is adjacent to site	0
LSG Ostufer Starnberger See bei Münsing	Landscape Protection Area	88	protected area overlaps with site	4
LSG Ostufer Starnberger See bei Münsing	Landschaftschutzgebiet	86	protected area overlaps with site	0
Karpfenwinkel mit Streuwiesen am Starnberger See	Naturschutzgebiet	33	protected area overlaps with site	31
Inschutznahme des Starnberger Sees und der westlich angrenzenden Gebiete (Landschaftsschutzverordnung Starnberger See u	Landscape Protection Area	9,462	protected area overlaps with site	5,648
Am Ostufer des Starnberger Sees	Naturschutzgebiet	2	protected area overlaps with site	2

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Raised bogs, Water fringe vegetation	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
tourism/recreation	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Starnberger See. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/starnberger-see-iba-germany on 05/12/2023.