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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
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	resident	1996	10-15 breeding pairs	C6
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	resident	1996	5-8 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident	1996	10 breeding pairs	C6
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva	LC	resident	1996	2 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)
Westerzgebirge	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	6,655	protected area contains site	4,794
Tal der Großen Bockau	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	410	protected area overlaps with site	0
Großer Kranichsee	Naturschutzgebiet	611	protected area contained by site	611
Erzgebirgskamm am Kleinen Kranichsee	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	330	protected area overlaps with site	35
Erzgebirgskamm am Großen Kranichsee	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	999	protected area contained by site	999
Erzgebirge/Vogtland	Nature Park	149,500	protected area contains site	5,067
Dreibächel	Naturschutzgebiet	15	protected area contained by site	14
Bergwiesen um Klingenthal	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	223	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Raised bogs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Westerzgebirge around Carlsfeld. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/03/2023.