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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
Garganey Spatula querquedula	LC	breeding	1997-2005	10-20 breeding pairs	B2
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1997-2005	20-38 males	A1, C1, B2, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1994	6-8 breeding pairs	B2, C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	1996	95 breeding pairs	C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1989	3-4 breeding pairs	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2002-2005	15-43 breeding pairs	C6
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca	VU	resident	1997-2008	2-3 breeding pairs	A1, C1, B2, C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	1994	11-15 breeding pairs	C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	resident	1997-2005	2-3 breeding pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding	1997-2005	2-7 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding	1994	15-18 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding	1994	20-25 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug	EN	breeding	1994	1-2 breeding pairs	B2, 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
-	Salzsteppe Baumgarten a.d. March	Nature Reserve	<1
1978	Untere Marchauen	Naturschutzgebiet	8
1978	Salzsteppe Baumgarten an der March	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1979	Kleiner Breitensee	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1982	Donau-March-Thaya-Auen	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	78
1982	Donau-March-Thaya-Auen	Landschaftsschutzgebiet	44
1982	Rabensburger Thaya-Auen	Naturschutzgebiet	2
1985	Angerner und Dürnkruter Marchschlingen	Naturschutzgebiet	1
1996	March-Thaya-Auen	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	78
1996	March-Thaya-Auen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	54
2014	In den Sandbergen	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
2014	Gerichtsberg	Naturschutzgebiet	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	80
Grassland	Humid grasslands	10
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	5
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	80
agriculture	15
not utilised	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: March/Thaya riverine forest (Austria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/march-thaya-riverine-forest-iba-austria on 25/11/2024.