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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1995-2005	4-11 breeding pairs	C6
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	breeding	1997-2005	1-8 breeding pairs	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2000-2005	228-310 breeding pairs	C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding	2005	8 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1976	Rheindelta	Naturschutzgebiet	54
1982	Rheindelta	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	54
1991	Mehrerauer Seeufer - Bregenzerachmündung	Naturschutzgebiet	2
1995	Rheindelta	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	56
1995	Rheindelta	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	53
1995	Mehrerauer Seeufer - Mündung der Bregenzerach	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1995	Lauteracher Ried	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	16

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	60
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	30
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	5
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	60
agriculture	35
forestry	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Delta of the Rhine (Austria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/delta-of-the-rhine-iba-austria on 22/11/2024.