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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
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding (1997–2002)	14–20 pairs	B2, C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding (1999–2006)	4–6 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1978	Lobau-Schüttelau-Schönauer Haufen	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1982	Donau-March-Thaya-Auen	Landschaftsschutzgebiet (V)	3
1997	Donau-Auen	Nationalpark (II)	77

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	80	Alluvial and very wet forest
Grassland	10	Mesophile grasslands
Artificial/Terrestrial	5	Arable land
Wetlands (inland)	5	Standing freshwater

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	80
agriculture	15
fisheries/aquaculture	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lobau (Austria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lobau-iba-austria on 22/12/2024.