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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
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	breeding (1997–2005)	500–800 pairs	B1i, C3
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina	LC	breeding (1994)	100–200 pairs	B1i, C3
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	resident (1996)	150–200 pairs	A1, C1
Garganey Spatula querquedula	LC	breeding (1997–2005)	75–150 pairs	B2
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis	LC	breeding (1997–2005)	500–1,000 pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	resident (1994)	30 pairs	C6
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding (1997–2005)	1,000–2,000 pairs	B2, C2, C6
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding (1998–2003)	40–81 adults	B2, C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding (2001–2005)	20–2,000 pairs	B2, C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding (1995)	60 pairs	B2, C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding (1998–2003)	1–41 pairs	C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding (1998–2004)	86–298 pairs	B2, C6
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	breeding (1996)	642 pairs	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding (1997–2005)	5–10 pairs	C6
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	breeding (2002–2004)	2–7 pairs	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding (2002–2005)	120 pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding (1995)	100–150 pairs	C6
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon	LC	breeding (1997)	8,700–15,600 pairs	C2, C6
Common Reed-warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus	LC	breeding (1997)	20,500–42,000 pairs	C3
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides	LC	breeding (1997)	1,750 pairs	B3
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	breeding (2001–2005)	frequent	C2, C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding (-)	50,000-99,999 birds	A4iii, C4

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1980	Neusiedler See und Umgebung	Landschafts- und Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	100
1993	Neusiedler See - Seewinkel	Nationalpark (II)	16

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	100	Standing freshwater; Water fringe vegetation

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	40
not utilised	30
nature conservation and research	15
other	10
tourism/recreation	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Neusiedler See (Austria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/neusiedler-see-iba-austria on 23/12/2024.