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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
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	1990-1998	2 breeding pairs	C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1990-1998	1 breeding pairs	C6
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	breeding	1990-1998	4-6 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	breeding	1990-1998	1 breeding pairs	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	1990-1998	7 breeding pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding	1990-1998	4 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding	1990-1998	5 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	breeding	1990-1998	20 breeding pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	breeding	1990-1998	70 breeding pairs	C6
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva	LC	breeding	1990-1998	40-50 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
1987	Billetal	Naturschutzgebiet	2
2004	Sachsenwald-Gebiet	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	90
2004	Bille	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2006	Wälder im Sachsenwald und Schwarze Au	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	21

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sachsenwald (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sachsenwald-iba-germany on 23/11/2024.