The breeding bird fauna of the Scheucheggalm

On the Scheucheggalm, a large part of the typical species of this altitude could be observed. The number of species with 28 species is comparable to that in Haselkar, where 32 species were found. Only on the Sulzkaralm there is a higher number of species, whereby this alpine pasture is the largest and has a higher number of different habitat types as well as greater structural differences. Compared to the other alpine pastures studied in 2004, the Scheuchegg lacks observations of alpine brownelle, blackbird, stilt, mountain foliage singer, acorn herder, fitis, grey woodpecker, greenfinch, hazel grouse, house redtail, clover, kolkrabe, summer golden chicken, stone carnivore, turret falcon and waterbird. The cuckoo was only observed on this alpine pasture. While there are no suitable habitats for alpine browns, stone estimators and water brooms, the absence of the other species cannot be explained and is presumably partly due to lack of detection. The occurrence of crooked stilts, acorns, red-tailed hawks, crooked hawks and turret falcons would be expected in any case. Here, too, as on all other alpine pastures examined in 2004, the tree pier is missing. The mountain pieper could only be found on the Scheucheggalm in the upper part of the alpine pasture, especially on the maximum moderately intensive grazing areas. This shows once again that the species avoids intensively and very intensively grazed areas