Western Weinviertel (Austria) IBA | Summary

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Western Weinviertel

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Country/territory: Austria

IBA criteria met: A1, C1, C6 (2009)
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Area: 31,613 hectares (316.13 km²)

BirdLife Austria

Site description (2000 baseline)
A hilly area dominated by arable agriculture near the border with the Czech Republic. Small remnants of wet meadows and dry grasslands remain, each less than 1-2 km²in total. Woodland is confined to small patches.

Key biodiversity
An important site for breeding farmland birds with an stable Otis tarda population.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Western Weinviertel (Austria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/western-weinviertel-iba-austria on 23/12/2024.