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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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	breeding (1990–2000)	200–300 breeding pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Kaiserstuhl	Landscape Protected Area (-)	-
-	Kaiserstuhl	Nature Reserve (-)	-
1939	Amolterer Heide	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1955	Büchsenberg	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1965	Rheinhalde Burkheim	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1969	Badberg	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	1
1976	Ohrberg	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1978	Scheibenbuck-Bluttenbuck	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1978	Schneckenberg	Landschaftschutzgebiet (V)	<1
1978	Schneckenberg	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1979	Hochberg	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1983	Bitzenberg	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1985	Dachslöcher Buck	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1985	Ebnet	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1989	Haselschacher Buck	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	1
1991	Erletal	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1991	Oberbergener Scheibenbuck	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1991	Steinbruch Niederrotweil	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
2012	Schelinger Weide-Barzental	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Urban parks and gardens; Other urban and industrial areas
Forest	-	Broadleaved deciduous woodland
Grassland	-	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Inland cliffs
Shrubland	-	Scrub

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kaiserstuhl (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kaiserstuhl-iba-germany on 15/01/2025.