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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2009

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	resident	2000-2005	2-3 breeding pairs	C6
Milvus migrans	NR	breeding	1989	18-19 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	resident	2005	19 breeding pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	1997-2005	160-320 breeding pairs	C6
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis	LC	breeding	1997-2005	frequent	C6

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Untere Lobau	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	915	protected area overlaps with site	0
Nationalpark Donau-Auen (Wiener Teil)	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,258	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Nationalpark Donau-Auen (Wiener Teil)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,258	protected area is adjacent to site	0
March-Thaya-Auen	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	14,833	protected area is adjacent to site	0
March-Thaya-Auen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8,880	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Lobau-Schüttelau-Schönauer Haufen	Naturschutzgebiet	529	protected area overlaps with site	0
Donau-March-Thaya-Auen	Landschaftsschutzgebiet	18,838	protected area overlaps with site	0
Donau-March-Thaya-Auen	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	36,090	protected area contains site	9,500
Donau-Auen östlich von Wien	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	9,100	protected area overlaps with site	9,500
Donau-Auen östlich von Wien	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	9,516	protected area overlaps with site	0
Donau-Auen	Nationalpark	1,326	protected area overlaps with site	0
Donau-Auen	Nationalpark	2,257	protected area contained by site	7,065

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
forestry	-
agriculture	-
not utilised	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Riverine forests on the Danube east of Vienna. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/01/2023.