• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

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
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	breeding	2001	1-7 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	breeding	2001	7-1 breeding pairs	C6
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	breeding	2001	3 breeding pairs	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	breeding	2001	1 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	Harz	Nationalpark	100
1992	Vogelschutzgebiet Hochharz	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1994	Harz und nördliches Harzvorland	Landschaftschutzgebiet	100
2000	Harz und nördliches Harzvorland	Landschaftschutzgebiet	100
2000	Hochharz	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2000	Rohnberg; Westerberg und Köhlerholz bei Ilsenburg	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2003	Harz	Nature Park	100

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Upper Harz mountains (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/upper-harz-mountains-iba-germany on 23/11/2024.