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Schneifel


IBA Justification

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 List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Black Stork Ciconia nigra LC breeding 2001 2 pairs C6
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus LC breeding 2001 3–8 pairs C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1960 Hohes Venn (Nordeifel) Nature Park 100
1981 Kreis Euskirchen Landscape Protection Area <1
1983 Duppacher Maar Naturschutzgebiet 1
1983 Rohrvenn Naturschutzgebiet <1
1985 Steinbuckel Naturschutzgebiet <1
1987 Wirfttal bei Stadtkyll Naturschutzgebiet <1
2000 Schneifel Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 28
2003 Duppacher Rücken Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 4


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Schneifel (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/schneifel-iba-germany on 03/12/2024.