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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'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1997-2005	2-16 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	1997-2005	5-6 breeding pairs	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	1997-2005	4-6 breeding pairs	C6

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)
Wörschacher Moor	Naturschutzgebiet	44	protected area contained by site	0
Unknown3	Nature Reserve	142	protected area overlaps with site	142
Sölktäler	Naturpark	25,620	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sechzig ehemalige Ennsregulierungsgrundstücke in Liezen und Gröbming	Geschützter Landschaftsteil	25	protected area contained by site	0
Pürgschachen-Moos und ennsnahe Bereiche zwischen Selzthal und dem Gesäuseeingang	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1,619	protected area overlaps with site	1,569
Pürgschachen-Moos und ennsnahe Bereiche zwischen Selzthal und dem Gesäuseeingang	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,619	protected area overlaps with site	0
Pürgschachen Moor	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	62	protected area overlaps with site	62
NSG Wörschacher Moos und ennsnahe Bereiche	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	401	protected area contained by site	407
NSG Wörschacher Moos und ennsnahe Bereiche	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	401	protected area contained by site	0
Iris Sibirica-Wiesen	Naturschutzgebiet	5	protected area contained by site	0
Grieshoflacke	Naturschutzgebiet	3	protected area overlaps with site	0
Gesäuse und anschließendes Ennstal	Naturschutzgebiet	14,429	protected area overlaps with site	0
Gerstorfer Ennsaltarm	Naturschutzgebiet	9	protected area contained by site	0
Gersdorfer Altarm	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8	protected area contained by site	0
Gamperlacke in der Stadtgemeinde Liezen	Naturschutzgebiet	25	protected area overlaps with site	0
Gamperlacke	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	86	protected area contained by site	0
Ennstal zwischen Liezen und Niederstuttern	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,562	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ennstal von Ardning bis Pruggern	Landschaftsschutzgebiet	4,936	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ennsregulierungskonkurrenzgrundstücke	Geschützter Landschaftsteil	47	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ennsauwald Klausner	Naturschutzgebiet	1	protected area contained by site	0
Ennsaltarme Niederstuttern mit angrenzenden Feuchtwiesen	Naturschutzgebiet	58	protected area contained by site	0
Ennsaltarme bei Niederstuttern	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	70	protected area contained by site	0
Dachstein-Salzkammergut	Landschaftsschutzgebiet	36,219	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Auwaldgrundstücke im ehemaligen Ennslauf in KG Michaelerberg und Pruggern	Geschützter Landschaftsteil	1	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Raised bogs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations, Other urban and industrial areas	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Styrian Enns valley. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/styrian-enns-valley-iba-austria on 03/10/2023.