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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	breeding	1990-2000	100 breeding pairs	C6
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	resident	1986	30-60 breeding pairs	C6
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix	LC	breeding	1990-2000	500 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	breeding	1990-2000	150 breeding pairs	C6
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	breeding	1990-2000	130 breeding pairs	C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	breeding	1990-2000	6 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	breeding	1990-2000	100 breeding pairs	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	breeding	1990-2000	10 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli	LC	breeding	1990-2000	500 breeding pairs	B3
Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus	LC	breeding	1986	400 breeding pairs	B3
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva	LC	breeding	1990-2000	50 breeding pairs	C6
Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella	LC	breeding	1990-2000	100 breeding pairs	B3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1986	Ammergebirge	Naturschutzgebiet	100
2004	Ammergebirge	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	96
2007	Ammergebirge mit Kienberg und Schwarzenberg sowie Falkenstein	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ammergau mountains (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ammergau-mountains-iba-germany on 26/11/2024.