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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
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	resident (1996)	2 pairs	C6
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding (1999)	1 pairs	C6
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	resident (1996)	1 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1939	Thüringer Wald	Landschaftschutzgebiet (V)	100
1961	Wurzelbergfarmde	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	80
1982	Wurzelbergfarmde	Nature Reserve (IV)	84
2001	Thüringer Wald	Nature Park (V)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Native coniferous woodland; Mixed woodland

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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