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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-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1991	259 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	1991	57 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	breeding	1990-2001	11 breeding pairs	C6
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	2001	70 breeding pairs	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2001	100 breeding pairs	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)
Sponde fluviali di Palazzolo vercellese	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	243	protected area contained by site	0
Sistema delle aree protette della fascia fluviale del Po	Altre Aree Naturali Protette Regionali	9,827	protected area contained by site	0
Risaie della Lomellina	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	30,941	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Po e Orba	Regional Nature Park	24,854	protected area contains site	14,000
Mulino Vecchio (fascia fluviale del Po)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	414	protected area overlaps with site	188
Isolotto del Ritano (Dora Baltea)	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	253	protected area contained by site	253
Isolotto del Ritano (Dora Baltea)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	253	protected area contained by site	0
Isola di Santa Maria	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	721	protected area overlaps with site	678
Ghiaia Grande (Fiume Po)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	462	protected area contained by site	462
Fiume Po - tratto vercellese alessandrino	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	14,107	protected area overlaps with site	14,107
Confluenza Po - Sesia - Tanaro	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4,061	protected area contained by site	4,061
Bric Montariolo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	545	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Baraccone (confluenza Po - Dora Baltea)	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1,574	protected area overlaps with site	1,374
Baraccone (confluenza Po - Dora Baltea)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,574	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations, 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	-
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: River Po from Dora Baltea mouth to Scrivia mouth. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/03/2023.