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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	winter (1987–1996)	8,300 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	winter (1997)	6,000 birds	A4i, B1i, B2, C3
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding (1996)	30 pairs	B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Coastline of Probstei	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) (UA)	97
1987	Bottsand	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	1
1990	Strandseelandschaft bei Schmoel	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	-
Marine Neritic	-

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Coastline of Probstei (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/coastline-of-probstei-iba-germany on 24/12/2024.