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The site was identified as important in 2002 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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	1997	5 individuals	C6
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	passage	1997	2 individuals	C6
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	breeding	1990-2000	200 breeding pairs	B2
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	winter	1990-2000	2,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	passage	1998	1 individuals	C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	winter	1990-2000	10 individuals	C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1990-2000	20 breeding pairs	C6
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	winter	1990-2000	35 individuals	C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	passage	1998	5 individuals	C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	passage	1990-2000	400 individuals	C6
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	passage	1990-2000	1,000 individuals	C6
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	breeding	1990-2000	3 breeding pairs	C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	winter	1990-2000	400 individuals	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1990-2000	10 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	1990-2000	10 breeding pairs	C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	winter	1998	1 individuals	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1972	Unterer Inn	Naturschutzgebiet	14
1976	Unterer Inn, Haiming-Neuhaus	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	40
1977	LSG Salzachtal im Gebiet der Gemeinde Haiming, der Stadt Burghausen und der Gemeinden Raitenhaslach und Burgkirchen an der Alz	Landschaftschutzgebiet	15
1977	LSG Salzachtal im Gebiet der Gemeinde Haiming, der Stadt Burghausen und der Gemeinden Raitenhaslach und Burgkirchen an	Landscape Protection Area	16
1984	Neuhaus	Naturschutzgebiet	2
1992	Vogelfreistätte Salzachmündung	Naturschutzgebiet	12
1996	Saalach-Salzachauen	Landscape Protection Area	11
2001	Salzach und Inn	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	80
2004	Salzach und Unterer Inn	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lower Inn: Haiming - Neuhaus including the Neuhaus, Egglfing, Ering, and Simbach reservoirs (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lower-inn:-haiming--neuhaus-including-the-neuhaus-egglfing-ering-and-simbach-reservoirs-iba-germany on 23/11/2024.