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 |
Bean Goose Anser fabalis |
LC |
passage (1996) |
20,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons |
LC |
passage (1996) |
30,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca |
NT |
resident (1996) |
1 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Common Crane Grus grus |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
30 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Black Stork Ciconia nigra |
LC |
resident (1996) |
1 breeding pairs |
C6 |
White Stork Ciconia ciconia |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
22 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris |
LC |
resident (1996) |
5 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus |
LC |
resident (-) |
1–3 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo |
LC |
resident (1996) |
5–90 breeding pairs |
C6 |
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus |
LC |
resident (1996) |
10 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus |
LC |
resident (1996) |
100 breeding pairs |
C6 |
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla |
LC |
resident (1996) |
15 breeding pairs |
A1, B2, C1, C6 |
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius |
LC |
resident (1996) |
1 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica |
LC |
resident (-) |
1 breeding pairs |
C6 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
passage (1996) |
50,000 individuals |
A4iii, C4 |
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Forest |
- |
|
Shrubland |
- |
Heathland |
Wetlands (inland) |
- |
Standing freshwater |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Oberlausitz heathland and fishponds biosphere reserve (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/oberlausitz-heathland-and-fishponds-biosphere-reserve-iba-germany on 13/01/2025.