Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata |
LC |
passage (1995) |
750 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Common Teal Anas crecca |
LC |
passage (1994) |
4,000 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Common Crane Grus grus |
LC |
passage (1995) |
1,000–4,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
| A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes |
n/a |
passage (1995) |
3,000–4,000 birds |
B1iv, C5 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
58 |
Highly improved re-seeded landscapes; Arable land |
| Wetlands (inland) |
21 |
Standing brackish and salt water; Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation |
| Unknown |
12 |
|
| Grassland |
9 |
Humid grasslands; Mesophile grasslands |
| Shrubland |
5 |
Scrub |
| Forest |
- |
Alluvial and very wet forest |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
67 |
| water management |
30 |
| tourism/recreation |
22 |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
13 |
| nature conservation and research |
7 |
| hunting |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Helme reservoir Berga-Kelbra (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/helme-reservoir-berga-kelbra-iba-germany on 24/12/2024.
