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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2002

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	resident	2000-2001	2-5 breeding pairs	C6
Milvus migrans	NR	breeding	2001	15-25 breeding pairs	C6
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2001	2-3 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)
Valle Biferno dalla diga a Guglionesi	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	356	protected area contained by site	356
Torrente Cigno	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	268	protected area overlaps with site	40
Oasi di Bosco Casale (Casacalenda)	Altre Aree Naturali Protette Regionali	105	protected area contained by site	0
Morgia dell'Eremita	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	12	protected area contained by site	12
Monte Peloso	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	32	protected area contained by site	32
Monte Mauro - Selva di Montefalcone	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	502	protected area contained by site	502
Lago di Guardialfiera - M. Peloso	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,848	protected area contained by site	2,848
Lago di Guardialfiera - Foce fiume Biferno	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	28,724	protected area overlaps with site	28,724
Lago di Guardialfiera	Wildlife Reserve	1,700	protected area contained by site	1,700
Foce Biferno - Litorale di Campomarino	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	817	protected area contained by site	817
Fiume Biferno (confluenza Cigno - alla foce esclusa)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	133	protected area overlaps with site	133
Casacalenda	Wildlife Reserve	140	protected area contained by site	140
Calanchi Pisciarello - Macchia Manes	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	523	protected area contained by site	523
Calanchi Lamaturo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	623	protected area contained by site	623
Calanchi di Civitacampomarano	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	578	protected area overlaps with site	31
Bosco Tanassi	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	126	protected area contained by site	126
Bosco S. Martino e S. Nazzario	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	928	protected area contained by site	928
Bosco Casale - Cerro del Ruccolo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	866	protected area contained by site	866
Boschi di Castellino e Morrone	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,761	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: River Biferno. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 13/08/2022.