AT002
Parndorfer Platte and Heideboden


Country/territory: Austria

IBA Criteria met: A1, B2, C1, C6 (2009)
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Area: 27,856 ha

BirdLife Austria
Most recent IBA monitoring assessment
Year of assessment Threat score (pressure) Condition score (state) Action score (response)
2013 high unfavourable not assessed
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Site description
The area is a large, flat, shingle terrace with a thin loess deposit, situated to the north-east of Lake Neusiedl. It is predominantly agricultural with some forestry plantations, interspersed with numerous gravel-pits. Remnants of extensively grazed pastures and the original oak Quercus forests exist.

Key biodiversity
An important site for birds associated with arable agriculture. It is one of five areas in Austria for Otis tarda.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Parndorfer Platte and Heideboden. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 02/04/2023.