• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

The site was identified as important in 2002 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	2001	10-20 breeding pairs	C2
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	2001	200-300 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	breeding	1999-2001	624 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	2000	300-400 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1999	102 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	winter	2001	8-10 individuals	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	2001	5-6 breeding pairs	C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	2001	4-6 breeding pairs	C6

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2002).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Valle di Gorino	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1,330	protected area overlaps with site	1,330
Valle Bertuzzi; Valle Porticino - Canneviè	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,691	protected area overlaps with site	2,545
Valle Bertuzzi; Valle Porticino - Canneviè	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,691	protected area overlaps with site	0
Valle Bertuzzi	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	3,100	protected area overlaps with site	3,100
Sacca di Goro; Po di Goro, Valle Dindona, Foce del Po di Volano	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4,872	protected area overlaps with site	0
Sacca di Goro; Po di Goro, Valle Dindona, Foce del Po di Volano	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4,872	protected area overlaps with site	4,421
Riserva naturale Po di Volano	Riserva Naturale Statale	221	protected area contained by site	221
Riserva naturale Dune e isole della Sacca di Gorino	Riserva Naturale Statale	479	protected area contained by site	0
Riserva naturale Bosco della Mesola	Riserva Naturale Statale	836	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Parco regionale del Delta del Po (VE)	Parco naturale regionale/provinciale	12,129	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	0
Delta del Po	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	25,012	protected area overlaps with site	0
Delta del Po	Regional Nature Park	59,118	unknown	0
Bosco di Volano	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	400	protected area overlaps with site	0
Bosco di Volano	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	400	protected area overlaps with site	214
Bosco della Mesola; Bosco Panfilia, Bosco di Santa Giustina, Valle Falce, La Goara	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,563	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Bosco della Mesola; Bosco Panfilia, Bosco di Santa Giustina, Valle Falce, La Goara	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1,563	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Valle Bertuzzi and Goro lagoon. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/valle-bertuzzi-and-goro-lagoon-iba-italy on 26/09/2023.