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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
Great Bustard Otis tarda	VU	resident	2009	250	A1, C1, C6
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus	LC	resident	1997-2005	2-16 breeding pairs	C6
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	resident	2005	3 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	2004	4-5 breeding pairs	C6
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus	VU	breeding	2004-2005	8 breeding pairs	C6
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	2004-2005	2-3 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris	LC	breeding	2004-2005	11-23 breeding pairs	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.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	renewable energy	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Artificial/Terrestrial		0	0	good (> 90%)	poor (40-69%)	unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Zurndorfer Eichenwald und Hutweide	Naturschutzgebiet	152	protected area contained by site	70
Zurndorfer Eichenwald und Hutweide	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	153	protected area contained by site	0
Parndorfer Platte - Heideboden	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7,294	protected area overlaps with site	0
Nickelsdorfer Haidel	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	12	protected area contained by site	0
Neusiedlersee, Seewinkel & Hanság	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	44,229	protected area overlaps with site	0
Neusiedler See und Umgebung	Landschafts- und Naturschutzgebiet	50,088	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Neusiedler See - Nordöstliches Leithagebirge	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	57,125	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Neusiedler See - Nordöstliches Leithagebirge	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	57,125	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Hutweide Mönchhof	Naturschutzgebiet	2	protected area contained by site	0
Haidel Nickelsdorf	Naturschutzgebiet	12	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations, Ruderal land	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Parndorfer Platte and Heideboden. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/03/2023.