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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca	NT	breeding	-	present	C6
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1995	30-40 breeding pairs	C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	1996	2 breeding pairs	C6
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus	LC	resident	1996	1-2 breeding pairs	B2
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	1996	10-15 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	breeding	1996	min 30 breeding pairs	C6
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident	1996	common	A3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	resident	1996	frequent	A3
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	resident	1996	common	A3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis	LC	resident	1996	common	A3
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris	LC	breeding	1996	min 30 breeding pairs	C6

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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Riserva naturale controllata Lago di Penne	Riserva naturale regionale/provinciale	150	protected area contained by site	150
Gran Sasso - Monti della Laga	National Park	145,000	protected area contains site	75,000

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Treeline ecotone	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
other	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Gran Sasso d'Italia. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/03/2023.