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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
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis	LC	winter	1992-2001	500-2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	breeding	1993-2001	800-4,600 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter	1993-2001	5,000-10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio	LC	resident	1992-2001	60-85 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	breeding	1992-2001	10-15 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	1992-2001	5-15 breeding pairs	C6
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	winter	1992-2001	11-106 individuals	C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	winter	1992-2001	100-700 individuals	C6
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	winter	1992-2001	30-50 individuals	C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	resident	1992-2001	100-350 breeding pairs	C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter	1992-2001	300-700 individuals	C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1992-2001	50-300 breeding pairs	C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	winter	1992-2001	20-260 individuals	C6
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	resident	1992-2001	2-3,000 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1992-2001	150-400 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1992-2001	60-180 breeding pairs	C6
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding	1993-2001	12-100 breeding pairs	C6
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	winter	1992-2001	10-100 individuals	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	resident	1995-2001	3-5 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	winter	1992-2001	30-70 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)
Torre del Poetto	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	9	protected area contained by site	9
Stagno di Molentargius e territori limitrofi	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,275	protected area overlaps with site	898
Stagno di Molentargius	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1,401	protected area overlaps with site	1,401
Stagno di Cagliari; Saline di Macchiareddu, Laguna di Santa Gilla	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5,983	protected area overlaps with site	4,494
Stagno di Cagliari	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	3,466	protected area overlaps with site	3,466
Stagno di Cagliari	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3,756	protected area contained by site	3,756
Saline di Molentargius	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1,307	protected area overlaps with site	805
Parco naturale regionale Molentargius - Saline	Parco naturale regionale/provinciale	1,579	protected area overlaps with site	0
Monte Sant'Elia; Cala Mosca e Cala Fighera	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	27	protected area contained by site	28

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water, Water fringe vegetation	-
Coastline	Sand dunes & beaches, Salt marshes, Mud flats & sand flats	-
Marine Intertidal		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
water management	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Cagliari wetlands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/03/2023.