DE545
Forests west of Kirchheimbolanden


IBA Justification

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
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius LC breeding (2001) 100 pairs B3, C6


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Forests west of Kirchheimbolanden (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/forests-west-of-kirchheimbolanden-iba-germany on 23/12/2024.