Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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 |
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula |
LC |
winter (1991) |
7,000–14,000 birds |
B1i, C3 |
Gadwall Mareca strepera |
LC |
winter (1991) |
1,500–2,500 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
130–150 pairs |
C6 |
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–100 pairs |
B3, C6 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
1–10 pairs |
C6 |
Black Kite Milvus migrans |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–100 pairs |
B2, C6 |
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–100 pairs |
B2, C6 |
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–100 pairs |
B2, C6 |
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
100 pairs |
C6 |
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10–100 pairs |
C6 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (1991) |
20,000-49,999 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Forest |
10 |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest |
Wetlands (inland) |
1 |
Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation |
Artificial/Terrestrial |
- |
Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Other urban and industrial areas; Ruderal land |
Grassland |
- |
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland; Mesophile grasslands |
Shrubland |
- |
Heathland |
Land use |
% of IBA |
fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
forestry |
- |
hunting |
- |
tourism/recreation |
- |
urban/industrial/transport |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vallée du Rhin : Marckolsheim à Strasbourg (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vallée-du-rhin-:-marckolsheim-à-strasbourg-iba-france on 22/12/2024.