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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Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus | LC | winter | 1993-2001 | 1,000-1,500 individuals | A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio | LC | resident | 1992-2001 | 20-40 breeding pairs | C6 |
Little Egret Egretta garzetta | LC | winter | 1992-2001 | 50-100 individuals | C6 |
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus | LC | breeding | 1992-2001 | 5-10 breeding pairs | C6 |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus | LC | breeding | 1992-2001 | 50-80 breeding pairs | C6 |
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei | LC | breeding | 1987-2001 | 50-100 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei | LC | winter | 1987-2001 | 50-200 individuals | C6 |
Little Tern Sternula albifrons | LC | breeding | 1992-2001 | 50-200 breeding pairs | C6 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus | LC | resident | 1992-2001 | 5-10 breeding pairs | C6 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus | LC | winter | 1992-2001 | 20-30 individuals | 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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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Stagno di Santa Caterina | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 625 | protected area contained by site | 625 |
Stagno di Porto Botte | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 1,222 | protected area overlaps with site | 255 |
Punta S'Aliga | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 694 | protected area overlaps with site | 142 |
Punta Giunchera | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 54 | protected area contained by site | 54 |
Is Pruinis | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 94 | protected area overlaps with site | 19 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Wetlands (inland) | Standing brackish and salt water | - |
Sea | - | |
Artificial/Terrestrial | - | |
Coastline | Sand dunes & beaches, Salt marshes, Mud flats & sand flats | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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fisheries/aquaculture | - |
hunting | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Palmas Gulf wetlands. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 18/08/2022.