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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
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.

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)
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)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water	-
Sea		-
Artificial/Terrestrial		-
Coastline	Sand dunes & beaches, Salt marshes, Mud flats & sand flats	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Palmas Gulf wetlands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/01/2022.