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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
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter	1995	21,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1995	10,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1991-1995	5-15 breeding pairs	C6
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1995	5-10 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	2001	1 breeding pairs	C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	1995	15-20 breeding pairs	C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	2001	1 breeding pairs	C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	2001	45-55 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1995	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus	LC	breeding	2001	1 breeding pairs	C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	2001	2 breeding pairs	C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding	2001	1 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding	1995	8-10 breeding pairs	C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	breeding	2001	2 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1995	21,000 individuals	A4iii, C4

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
1967	Untere Havel	Landschaftschutzgebiet	11
1967	Schelldorfer See	Naturschutzgebiet	3
1978	Bucher Brack-Bölsdorfer Haken	Naturschutzgebiet	25
1979	Flusslandschaft Elbe	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100
2000	Elbaue zwischen Derben und Schönhausen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2000	Elsholzwiesen	Naturschutzgebiet	2
2001	Elbaue Jerichow	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2004	Elbtalaue	Landschaftschutzgebiet	48
2006	Tanger - Elbeniederung	Landschaftschutzgebiet	33

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Ruderal land	-
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Elbe lowlands Jerichow (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/elbe-lowlands-jerichow-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.