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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
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1997	3,000-3,500 individuals	C3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2001	6 breeding pairs	C6
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	2001	4-6 breeding pairs	C6
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	2001	1 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	2001	4-5 breeding pairs	C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	2001	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	passage	1997	30 individuals	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	2001	25-35 breeding pairs	C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	resident	1997	2 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
1994	Salziger See	Naturschutzgebiet	70
1999	Salzatal	Landschaftschutzgebiet	20
2000	Salziger See nördlich Röblingen am See	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	64
2000	Salzatal bei Langenbogen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	12
2003	Salzatal zwischen Langenbogen und Köllme	Naturschutzgebiet	16
2003	Süßer und Salziger See	Landschaftschutzgebiet	80
2004	Salziger See und Salzatal	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2005	Unteres Saaletal	Nature Park	20

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Ruderal land	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
water management	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Salziger See and Salza valley (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/salziger-see-and-salza-valley-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.