Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
170 birds |
B1i, B2, C2 |
Greylag Goose Anser anser |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
5,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Bean Goose Anser fabalis |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
8,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
30,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
1,500 birds |
B1i, C3 |
Gadwall Mareca strepera |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
2,500 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana |
LC |
breeding (1990–1999) |
15 pairs |
C6 |
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus |
LC |
breeding (1990–1999) |
1 pairs |
C6 |
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
5–10 birds |
C6 |
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina |
LC |
breeding (1991–1999) |
6 pairs |
C6 |
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus |
LC |
breeding (1990–1999) |
3 pairs |
C6 |
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
10–15 birds |
C6 |
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla |
LC |
breeding (1990–1999) |
6 pairs |
A1, C1 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (1990–1999) |
47,170 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Wetlands (inland) |
- |
Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Putzarer See, Galenbecker See, Brohmer Berge (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/putzarer-see-galenbecker-see-brohmer-berge-iba-germany on 25/12/2024.