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Eastern Erzgebirge around Fürstenau


IBA Justification

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
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix LC resident 1996 3-5 breeding pairs C6
Corncrake Crex crex LC resident 1996 3 breeding pairs C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra LC breeding 1996 1 breeding pairs C6
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum LC resident 1996 3-4 breeding pairs C6
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus LC resident 1996 3-4 breeding pairs C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo LC resident 1996 1 breeding pairs C6
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus LC resident 1996 3 breeding pairs C6
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio LC resident 1996 3-5 breeding pairs C6

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


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
2001 Oberes Osterzgebirge Landschaftschutzgebiet 98
2002 Fürstenauer Heide und Grenzwiesen Fürstenau Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 15
2002 Müglitztal Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 3
2007 Fürstenau Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 97
2015 Grenzwiesen Fürstenau und Fürstenwalde Naturschutzgebiet 15


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eastern Erzgebirge around Fürstenau (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eastern-erzgebirge-around-fürstenau-iba-germany on 23/11/2024.