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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
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding (2001–2005)	28–51 pairs	C6
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	breeding (1997–2003)	3–13 pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding (1997–2005)	4–6 pairs	C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	breeding (2000–2005)	5–9 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2000	Unterer Inn	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	51

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Wetlands (inland)	85	Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation
Forest	15	Alluvial and very wet forest

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	70
tourism/recreation	20
forestry	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Storage lakes on the lower Inn (Austria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/storage-lakes-on-the-lower-inn-iba-austria on 23/12/2024.