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Region Kiischpelt


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2009 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
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia LC breeding (1990–2008) 10–30 pairs C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus LC breeding (2000–2009) 2–5 pairs C6

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2009) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2009 very poor medium very low
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
yes habitat medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species Actual vs Reference (units) % remaining Result
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia 10 / 30 (pairs) 34 very poor

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat Quantity (% remaining) Quality (% carrying capacity) Result
Forest - poor (40–69%) very poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat Timing Scope Severity Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification happe­ning now some of popul­ation/area (10–49%) slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations) medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation Planning Action Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%) No management planning has taken place Some limited conservation initiatives are in place very low

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Vallée de la Sûre, de la Wiltz et de la Lellegerbaach Protected Area (-) 2
1965 Parc naturel de l'Our / Naturpark Our Parc Naturel (II) 75
1981 Hoscheid-Molberlay Sites and Monuments (-) 3
1981 Reuler / Clervaux - Irbech Humid Zone (-) 6
1983 Lellingen-freng / Baerel Forest Reserve (-) 6
1999 Parc Naturel de la Haute-Sûre / Naturpark Öewersauer Parc Naturel (II) 3
2004 Vallées de la Sûre, de la Wiltz, de la Clerve et du Lellgerbaach Zones protégées d'intérêt communautaire - Zones Habitats ZSC (IV) 4
2004 Vallée de la Sûre moyenne de Esch/Sûre à Dirbach Zones protégées d'intérêt communautaire - Zones Habitats ZSC (IV) 1
2015 Région Kiischpelt Zones protégées d'intérêt communautaire - Zones Oiseaux ZPS (IV) 81

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 61 Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland
Artificial/Terrestrial 32 Forestry plantations
Shrubland 4 Scrub
Grassland 3 Humid grasslands; Mesophile grasslands

Land use

Land use % of IBA
forestry 97
rangeland/pastureland 3
hunting major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Region Kiischpelt (Luxembourg). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/region-kiischpelt-iba-luxembourg on 23/12/2024.