Data Zone
Country/territory: Austria
IBA criteria met: B2, C6 (2009)
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Area: 18,352 hectares (183.52 km2)
Site description (2000 baseline)
The area encloses the flood-plain forests of the Danube between Krems and Klosterneuburg. Only small remnants of the original forest communities still exist. Today, most of the area is covered by Populus plantations and stands of Fraxinus and Alnus. Within the forest are numerous oxbow lakes, with reedbeds (Phragmites), as well as hay- meadows, arable fields and gravel-pits. Human activities include forestry, agriculture, gravel extraction, recreation, hunting and angling.
Key biodiversity
This site is important for species typical of riverine forests.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Riverine forests in the Tullnerfeld (Austria). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/riverine-forests-in-the-tullnerfeld-iba-austria on 22/12/2024.