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The site was identified as important in 2002 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2000	66 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C2, C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	1996	2-4 breeding pairs	C6
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor	LC	breeding	1996	10-20 breeding pairs	C6

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2002).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Valle del Medio Tagliamento	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3,580	protected area overlaps with site	2,082
Riserva naturale del Lago di Cornino	Riserva naturale regionale/provinciale	487	protected area overlaps with site	487
Col Gentile	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,038	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Middle valley of Tagliamento river. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/middle-valley-of-tagliamento-river-iba-italy on 22/09/2023.