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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
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	resident (1996)	10–15 pairs	C6
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus	LC	resident (1996)	5–8 pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident (1996)	10 pairs	C6
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva	LC	resident (1996)	2 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1961	Dreibächel	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1996	Erzgebirge/Vogtland	Nature Park (V)	100
2008	Großer Kranichsee	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	12

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land
Forest	-	Native coniferous woodland
Grassland	-	Humid grasslands; Mesophile grasslands
Wetlands (inland)	-	Raised bogs

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Westerzgebirge around Carlsfeld (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/westerzgebirge-around-carlsfeld-iba-germany on 23/12/2024.