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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter (1997)	1,000 birds	A4i, B1i, B3, C2, C6
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter (1987–1996)	9,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	winter (1987–1996)	15,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	winter (1987–1996)	4,226 birds	B1i, C3
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	winter (1977–1986)	280 birds	B1i, C2
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	winter (1987–1996)	2,952 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	winter (1997)	5,300 birds	B1i, C3
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	winter (1987–1996)	13,112 birds	B1i, C3
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	winter (1987–1996)	60,500 birds	A4i, B1i, B2, C3
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding (2002)	present	B1i
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding (2002)	present	B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter (1987–1996)	3,288 birds	B1i, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter (1988–1995)	114,658 birds	A4iii, C4

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1983	Dassower See, Inseln Buchhorst und Graswerder (Plönswerder)	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	35
1995	Selmsdorfer Traveufer	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1998	Südlicher Priwall	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	1
2000	Uferzone Dassower See	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	-
Marine Neritic	-

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Traveförde and Dassower See (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/traveförde-and-dassower-see-iba-germany on 23/12/2024.