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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
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter	1995	20,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1995	10,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1995	300 individuals	C6
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	breeding	2001	1-9 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	passage	1995	500 individuals	C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	2001	2 breeding pairs	C6
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	LC	resident	1995	1 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1995	20,000 individuals	A4iii, C4

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	Zerbster Land	Landschaftschutzgebiet	96
1990	Zerbster Land	Landschaftschutzgebiet	2
1990	Zerbster Land	Landschaftschutzgebiet	<1
1990	Osterwesten	Naturschutzgebiet	2
1992	Zerbster Land	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2005	Fläming	Nature Park	13

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations, Ruderal land	-
Forest	Mixed woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Unknown		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zerbster Land (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zerbster-land-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.