Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2002
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus | LC | winter | 1997-2001 | 1,236 individuals | C3 |
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis | LC | winter | 1997-2001 | 1,830 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus | LC | breeding | 2001 | 20-30 breeding pairs | C6 |
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax | LC | winter | 1999 | present | C6 |
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax | LC | breeding | 1999 | 305-526 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides | LC | breeding | 2001 | 50-100 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea | LC | breeding | 2001 | 170-330 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Great White Egret Ardea alba | LC | winter | 1997-2001 | 483 individuals | C6 |
Little Egret Egretta garzetta | LC | winter | 1997-2001 | 791-1,284 individuals | C6 |
Little Egret Egretta garzetta | LC | breeding | 2001 | 550-800 breeding pairs | C6 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | breeding | 1999 | 100-200 breeding pairs | C6 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | winter | 1997-2001 | present | C6 |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus | LC | breeding | 2001 | 100-150 breeding pairs | C6 |
Dunlin Calidris alpina | LC | winter | 1997-2001 | 3,917 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Little Tern Sternula albifrons | LC | passage | 1991 | 2,000-3,000 individuals | A4i, B1i, C2 |
Little Tern Sternula albifrons | LC | breeding | 1991 | 1,000-1,500 breeding pairs | C6 |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo | LC | breeding | 2000-2001 | 158-310 breeding pairs | C6 |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo | LC | passage | 2001 | 1,000-2,000 individuals | B1i, C2 |
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica | LC | breeding | 2001 | 80-90 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis | LC | passage | 1999 | 1,000-2,000 individuals | B1i, C2 |
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis | LC | winter | 1999 | 2 individuals | C6 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus | LC | winter | 1997-2001 | 56-73 individuals | C6 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus | LC | breeding | 1999 | 10-20 breeding pairs | C6 |
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus | LC | breeding | 2001 | 13-18 breeding pairs | C6 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | passage | 1999 | 26,000-37,000 individuals | A4iii, C4 |
Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Valle di Gorino | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 1,330 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Sacca di Goro; Po di Goro, Valle Dindona, Foce del Po di Volano | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 4,872 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Sacca di Goro; Po di Goro, Valle Dindona, Foce del Po di Volano | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 4,872 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Riserva naturale Bocche di Po | Riserva naturale regionale/provinciale | 425 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Parco regionale del Delta del Po (VE) | Parco naturale regionale/provinciale | 12,129 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Fiume Po da Stellata a Mesola e Cavo Napoleonico | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 3,140 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Fiume Po da Stellata a Mesola e Cavo Napoleonico | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 3,140 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Delta del Po: tratto terminale e delta veneto | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 25,362 | protected area overlaps with site | 16,891 |
Delta del Po | Regional Nature Park | 59,118 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Delta del Po | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 25,012 | protected area overlaps with site | 17,868 |
Cà Mello | Private Reserve | 32 | protected area contained by site | 32 |
Bonello Giozzette | State Nature Reserve | 0 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Bonello Cornerona | State Nature Reserve | 0 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Bonello Cà Zuliani | State Nature Reserve | 14 | protected area contained by site | 14 |
Bonello Bacucco | State Nature Reserve | 0 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Bocche di Po | State Nature Reserve | 457 | protected area contained by site | 457 |
Biotopo Bonello | Private Reserve | 35 | protected area contained by site | 35 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Alluvial and very wet forest | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing freshwater, Standing brackish and salt water, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation | - |
Sea | Open Sea, Sea inlets and coastal features | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land | - |
Coastline | Tidal rivers & enclosed tidal waters, Sand dunes & beaches, Salt marshes, Mud flats & sand flats, Lagoons | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
hunting | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
water management | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Po Delta. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 10/08/2022.