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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
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	1996-2001	30-40 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	resident	1992-2001	50 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	winter	1992-2001	150-250 individuals	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	2000	4 breeding pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	resident	1992-2001	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2001	20-25 individuals	C6
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra	LC	resident	1992-2001	250 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.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - shifting agriculture	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low
Agricultural expansion and intensification	annual & perennial non-timber crops - small-holder farming	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - intentional use (species being assessed is the target)	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - persecution/control	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Climate change and severe weather	habitat shifting and alteration	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low
Transportation and service corridors	roads and railroads	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Grassland		11058	4668	-	poor (40-69%)	very unfavourable

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Tetrax tetrax	Little Bustard	35	2	males	6	very unfavourable
Burhinus oedicnemus		35	30	males	86	near favourable
Milvus milvus	Red Kite	3	1	breeding pairs	34	very unfavourable
Melanocorypha calandra	Calandra Lark	160	80	breeding pairs	50	unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Unknown	negligible

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Piana di Semestene; Bonorva, Macomer e Bortigali	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	19,604	protected area overlaps with site	11,058
Altopiano di Campeda	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4,634	protected area overlaps with site	4,243

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Wooded steppe	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Altopiano di Campeda. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 15/08/2022.