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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
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	winter	1996	3 individuals	C6
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	non-breeding	2000	3,700 individuals	B1i
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding	2000	40-50 breeding pairs	C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	breeding	2000	20-30 breeding pairs	C6

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
1937	Rettbergsaue bei Wiesbaden	Naturschutzgebiet	3
1938	Rüdesheimer Aue	Naturschutzgebiet	1
1955	Rheinhessisches Rheingebiet	Landscape Protection Area	51
1961	Erbacher Wäldchen	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1976	Rheinauen zwischen Eltville und Bingen	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	21
1977	Rheinhessisches Rheingebiet	Landschaftschutzgebiet	53
1978	Rheingebiet von Bingen bis Koblenz	Landschaftschutzgebiet	3
1979	Sandlache	Naturschutzgebiet	2
1982	Rheinwiesen von Oestrich-Winkel und Geisenheim	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1992	Haderaue-Königsklinger Aue	Naturschutzgebiet	6
1994	Mariannenaue	Naturschutzgebiet	7
1995	Fulderaue - Ilmenaue	Naturschutzgebiet	9
1995	Mombacher Rheinufer	Naturschutzgebiet	1
1995	Niederwallufer Bucht	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1997	Mariannenaue	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
1998	Rheinniederung Mainz-Bingen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	43
1998	Rüdesheimer Aue	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1999	Winkeler Aue	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
2000	Winkeler Aue	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Rheinwiesen von Oestrich-Winkel und Geisenheim	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2001	Rettbergsaue bei Wiesbaden	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2003	Wanderfischgebiete im Rhein	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	13
2003	Ingelheimer Dünen und Sande	Naturschutzgebiet	1
2006	Rheinaue Bingen-Ingelheim	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	66
2006	Dünen- und Sandgebiet Mainz-Ingelheim	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3
2007	Inselrhein	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	29
2010	Wiesbaden	Landschaftschutzgebiet	15

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
water management	-
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rheinaue Bingen-Ingelheim (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rheinaue-bingen-ingelheim-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.