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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	LC	breeding	1990-2008	10-30 breeding pairs	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	2000-2009	2-5 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

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.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia	30	10	breeding pairs	34	very unfavourable

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

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with 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	75
1981	Hoscheid-Molberlay	Sites and Monuments	3
1981	Reuler / Clervaux - Irbech	Humid Zone	6
1983	Lellingen-freng / Baerel	Forest Reserve	6
1996	Vallées de la Sûre; de la Wiltz, de la Clerve et du Lellgerbaach	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1996	Vallée de la Sûre moyenne de Esch/Sûre à Dirbach	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1999	Parc Naturel de la Haute-Sûre / Naturpark Öewersauer	Parc Naturel	3
2004	Vallées de la Sûre, de la Wiltz, de la Clerve et du Lellgerbaach	Zones protégées d'intérêt communautaire - Zones Habitats ZSC	4
2004	Vallée de la Sûre moyenne de Esch/Sûre à Dirbach	Zones protégées d'intérêt communautaire - Zones Habitats ZSC	1
2015	Région Kiischpelt	Zones protégées d'intérêt communautaire - Zones Oiseaux ZPS	81
2015	Région du Kiischpelt	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	81

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest, Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	61
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	32
Shrubland	Scrub	4
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	3

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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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 23/11/2024.