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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
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

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
1961	Auwald und Eisenberg Guttau (Anteil)	Naturschutzgebiet	-
1968	Spree- und Teichlandschaft südlich Uhyst	Landschaftschutzgebiet	3
1968	Spreelandschaft um Bärwalde	Landschaftschutzgebiet	1
1968	Boxberg-Reichwalder Wald- und Wiesengebiet	Landschaftschutzgebiet	<1
1974	Talsperre Quitzdorf und Kollmer Höhen	Landschaftschutzgebiet	3
1983	Teichlandschaft nördlich von Commerau bei Klix	Landschaftschutzgebiet	2
1996	Oberlausitzer Heide-und Teichlandschaft	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	86
1997	Oberlausitzer Heide- und Teichlandschaft	Naturschutzgebiet	37
2002	Oberlausitzer Heide- und Teichlandschaft	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	39
2002	Truppenübungsplatz Oberlausitz	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2002	Spreetal und Heiden zwischen Uhyst und Spremberg	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2002	Schwarzer Schöps unterhalb Reichwalde	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2007	Biosphärenreservat Oberlausitzer Heide- und Teichlandschaft	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	86
2007	Bergbaufolgelandschaft bei Hoyerswerda	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3
2007	Muskauer und Neustädter Heide	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		-
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) 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 22/11/2024.