Site description (2000 baseline)
A loess-covered mountain range of volcanic origin. Although vineyards predominate, many traditional landscape elements still occur. Habitat-types include Fagus and Quercus-Carpinus forest, sub-Mediterranean scrub communities, dry grassland, loess cliffs, orchards, abandoned quarries and arable land.
Key biodiversity
A nationally important site for breeding Merops apiaster and Saxicola torquata.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kaiserstuhl (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kaiserstuhl-iba-germany on 06/12/2024.