Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2009 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria .
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2009).
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Rheindelta
Naturschutzgebiet
2,085
protected area overlaps with site
1,960
Rheindelta
Naturschutzgebiet
2,085
protected area overlaps with site
1,972
Rheindelta
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
2,066
protected area overlaps with site
2,040
Rheindelta
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
2,066
protected area overlaps with site
0
Rheindelta
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance
2,065
protected area overlaps with site
1,960
Mehrerauer Seeufer - Mündung der Bregenzerach
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
118
protected area overlaps with site
0
Mehrerauer Seeufer - Bregenzerachmündung
Naturschutzgebiet
118
protected area overlaps with site
0
Lauteracher Ried
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
580
protected area contained by site
580
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Forest
Alluvial and very wet forest
-
Grassland
Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands
-
Wetlands (inland)
Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation
-
Artificial/Terrestrial
Arable land, Forestry plantations
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
agriculture
-
forestry
-
fisheries/aquaculture
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Delta of the Rhine. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/delta-of-the-rhine-iba-austria on 05/12/2023.