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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca	NT	resident	1996	uncommon	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	1996	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	1996	max 2 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	1996	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	resident	1996	10-20 breeding pairs	C6
Milvus migrans	NR	breeding	1996	10-20 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident	1996	min 3 breeding pairs	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	1996	2-4 breeding pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	1996	min 10 breeding pairs	C6
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla	LC	breeding	1996	10-15 breeding pairs	C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	resident	1996	abundant	C6
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris	LC	breeding	1996	common	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)
Riserva naturale Gole del Raganello	Riserva Naturale Statale	1,600	protected area contained by site	1,600
Parco nazionale del Pollino	Parco Nazionale	171,132	protected area overlaps with site	112,014

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland, Treeline ecotone	-
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Ruderal land	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
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: Pollino. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 13/08/2022.