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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
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	resident	2000-2005	2-3 breeding pairs	C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding	1989	18-19 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	resident	2005	19 breeding pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	1997-2005	160-320 breeding pairs	C6
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis	LC	breeding	1997-2005	frequent	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
1978	Lobau-Schüttelau-Schönauer Haufen	Naturschutzgebiet	6
1982	Donau-March-Thaya-Auen	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1982	Donau-March-Thaya-Auen	Landschaftsschutzgebiet	97
1982	Untere Lobau	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	<1
1996	Donau-Auen östlich von Wien	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	94
1996	Donau-Auen östlich von Wien	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	93
1997	Donau-Auen	Nationalpark	77
1997	Donau-Auen	Nationalpark	70

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	80
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	15
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Riverine forests on the Danube east of Vienna (Austria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/riverine-forests-on-the-danube-east-of-vienna-iba-austria on 22/11/2024.