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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
Eurasian Scops-owl Otus scops	LC	resident	1997-2005	15-30 breeding pairs	B2
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria	LC	breeding	2005	110-120 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
-	Rohrbacher Kogel	Unknown	2
1973	Marzer Kogel	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1979	Teichwiesen	Landschafts- und Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1997	Kogelberg / Mattersburger Kogel	Geschützter Lebensraum	<1
1999	Mattersburger Hügelland	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	59
2006	LSG-Rosalia-Kogelberg	Landschaftsschutzgebiet	77
2006	Naturpark Rosalia-Koglberg	Naturpark	62
2012	Mattersburger Hügelland	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	59

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Ruderal land	65
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Mesophile grasslands	30

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Surroundings of Mattersburg (Austria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/surroundings-of-mattersburg-iba-austria on 23/11/2024.