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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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1997-2005	5 breeding pairs	C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1997-2005	5-6 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	resident	1997-2005	15-35 breeding pairs	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
1979	Wachau und Umgebung	Landschaftsschutzgebiet	19
1996	Waldviertel	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	19
1998	Waldviertler Teich-; Heide- und Moorlandschaft	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7
1998	Kamp- und Kremstal	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1998	Wachau	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	70
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	20
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	70
agriculture	30

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Southern Waldviertel (Austria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/southern-waldviertel-iba-austria on 23/11/2024.