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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
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	breeding (1997–2000)	1 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1962	Geisenheimer Heide	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1968	Rhein-Taunus	Nature Park (V)	21
1971	Vollradser Wäldchen	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1991	Niederwald bei Rüdesheim	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	1
1991	Ebental bei Rüdesheim	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1993	Teufelskadrich bei Lorch	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	1
1993	Kaolingrube von Geisenheim	Nature Reserve (IV)	<1
1995	Engweger Kopf und Scheibigkopf bei Lorch	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	2
1996	Nollig bei Lorch	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Perennial crops, orchards and groves
Forest	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-
Shrubland	-	Scrub

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rheingau (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rheingau-iba-germany on 26/12/2024.