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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding (1997)	16–31 pairs	C6
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding (1999–2005)	6 pairs	C6
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident (2003–2005)	1 males	C6
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding (1997–2005)	2–3 pairs	B2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1978	Pischelsdorfer Wiesen	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	80	Arable land; Urban parks and gardens; Ruderal land
Forest	10	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest
Grassland	5	Humid grasslands; Mesophile grasslands
Wetlands (inland)	5	Water fringe vegetation

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	90
forestry	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Feuchte Ebene and Rauchwarther Platte (Austria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/feuchte-ebene-and-rauchwarther-platte-iba-austria on 25/12/2024.