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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1990-1999	4-6 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	12 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	resident	1997	11-50 breeding pairs	C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding	1990-1999	3 breeding pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	resident	1997	11-50 breeding pairs	C6
Milvus migrans	NR	breeding	1997	11-30 breeding pairs	C6
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	breeding	1990-1999	50-80 breeding pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	breeding	1990-1999	30-40 breeding pairs	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	1 breeding pairs	C6
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva	LC	breeding	1990-1999	20-40 breeding pairs	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)
Stechlin-Ruppiner Land	Nature Park	68,043	protected area contains site	7,928
Stechlin	Naturschutzgebiet	8,658	protected area contains site	7,928
Stechlin	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7,930	is identical to site	7,928
Stechlin	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8,658	protected area contains site	7,928
Ruppiner Wald- und Seengebiet	Landschaftschutzgebiet	48,186	protected area overlaps with site	2,633
Rheinsberger Rhin und Hellberge	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	978	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Neustrelitzer Kleinseenplatte	Landschaftschutzgebiet	18,736	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Müritz-Seenland und Neustrelitzer Kleinseenplatte	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	45,872	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Großer Stechlin - , Nehmitz - und Großer Krukowsee	Nature Reserve	2,118	unknown	0
Großer Boberowsee (MV)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	71	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Fürstenberger Wald- und Seengebiet	Landschaftschutzgebiet	45,731	protected area overlaps with site	5,280

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Fens, transition mires and springs	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
tourism/recreation	-
forestry	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Stechlin. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/3446 on 05/06/2023.