Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons |
LC |
passage (1990–1999) |
7,000 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Common Pochard Aythya ferina |
VU |
winter (1990–1999) |
10,000 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
660 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
1,950 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Black Tern Chlidonias niger |
LC |
passage (1990–1999) |
1,000 birds |
C6 |
| Black Kite Milvus migrans |
LC |
breeding (1990–1999) |
7 pairs |
C6 |
| Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
17–20 pairs |
C6 |
| Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria |
LC |
breeding (1990–1999) |
3 pairs |
C6 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (1990–1999) |
min 20,000 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Grassland |
- |
Humid grasslands |
| Wetlands (inland) |
- |
Standing freshwater; Raised bogs |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
- |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
| urban/industrial/transport |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Steinhuder Meer (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/steinhuder-meer-iba-germany on 22/12/2024.
