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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2000-2001	130 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	resident	1992-2001	28-100 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	winter	1992-2001	300-500 individuals	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	resident	2000	2 breeding pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2000	10 individuals	C6
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	1992-2001	15-20 breeding pairs	C6
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra	LC	resident	1992-2001	350 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2009	Altopiano di Abbasanta	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	70

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Other urban and industrial areas, Ruderal land	-
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland, Wooded steppe	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
military	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Altopiano di Abbasanta (Italy). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/altopiano-di-abbasanta-iba-italy on 23/11/2024.