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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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	resident	1996	2 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	resident	1996	6-10 breeding pairs	C6
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	resident	1996	10 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	1996	3 breeding pairs	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	resident	1996	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	resident	1996	1 breeding pairs	C6
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus	LC	resident	1996	5-10 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident	1996	10 breeding pairs	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	1997	6 breeding pairs	C6
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	resident	1996	5 breeding pairs	C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	resident	1996	3 breeding pairs	C6
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva	LC	resident	1996	1-3 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
1990	Sächsische Schweiz	Nationalpark	100
2002	Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2007	Nationalpark Sächsische Schweiz	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sächsische Schweiz National Park (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sächsische-schweiz-national-park-iba-germany on 23/11/2024.