Schorfheide-Chorin (3390)
Germany, Europe
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Global KBA criteria: A1d, D1a
Year of last assessment: 2002
National site name: Schorfheide-Chorin
Central coordinates: Latitude: 53.0000, Longitude: 13.8667
System: freshwater, terrestrial
Elevation (m): 20 to 170
Area of KBA (km2): 627.4485
Protected area coverage (%): 99.94
KBA classification: Global
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: The area is a mosaic of moraine lakes, reedbeds (Phragmites), fens, peatbogs and forest.
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that meets the thresholds for at least one criterion described in the Global Standard for the Identification of KBAs.
Additional biodiversity: The site regularly holds more than 20,000 passage waterbirds, and is a migratory bottleneck site˜up to 3,000 Grus grus regularly pass. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Otis tarda (breeding).
Habitats
Land use: agriculture | fisheries/aquaculture | forestry | hunting | tourism/recreation
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Forest | 50 | |
| Wetlands(Inland) | 50 |