Key Biodiversity Areas

Rhön Biosphere Reserve (3413)
Germany, Europe

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesCoturnix coturnixCommon QuailLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesCaprimulgus europaeusEuropean NightjarLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesCircus aeruginosusWestern Marsh-harrierLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesDendrocopos mediusMiddle Spotted WoodpeckerLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesTetrao tetrixBlack GrouseLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesLanius excubitorGreat Grey ShrikeLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesLullula arboreaWood LarkLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesCiconia nigraBlack StorkLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesDryocopus martiusBlack WoodpeckerLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesMilvus milvusRed KiteLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesTyto albaCommon Barn-owlLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesGlaucidium passerinumEurasian Pygmy-owlLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesPernis apivorusEuropean Honey-buzzardLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesBubo buboEurasian Eagle-owlLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesCrex crexCorncrakeVU2002link-icon
AvesLanius collurioRed-backed ShrikeLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesTetrao urogallusWestern CapercaillieLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesPicus canusGrey-faced WoodpeckerLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesAegolius funereusBoreal OwlLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesMilvus migransLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesAlcedo atthisCommon KingfisherLR/lc2002link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Rhön Biosphere Reserve. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 17, 2025.