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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
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	2001	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding	2001	10-17 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding	2001	13-21 breeding pairs	C6

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
1966	Hördter Rheinaue	Naturschutzgebiet	34
1971	Pfälzische Rheinauen	Landscape Protection Area	87
1989	Pfälzische Rheinauen	Landschaftschutzgebiet	87
1991	Im Willig	Naturschutzgebiet	2
1998	Rheinniederung Neuburg-Wörth	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2000	Hördter Rheinaue	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	70
2001	Sondernheimer Tongruben	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2010	Hördter Rheinaue inklusive Kahnbusch und Oberscherpfer Wald	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	83

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hördter Rheinaue (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hördter-rheinaue-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.