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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
Eurasian Scops-owl Otus scops	LC	resident (1997–2005)	15–30 pairs	B2
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria	LC	breeding (2005)	110–120 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Rohrbacher Kogel	Unknown (-)	2
1973	Marzer Kogel	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1979	Teichwiesen	Landschafts- und Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1997	Kogelberg / Mattersburger Kogel	Geschützter Lebensraum (IV)	<1
2006	LSG-Rosalia-Kogelberg	Landschaftsschutzgebiet (V)	77
2006	Naturpark Rosalia-Koglberg	Naturpark (V)	62

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

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 23/12/2024.