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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	1996-2001	30-40 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	resident	1992-2001	50 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	winter	1992-2001	150-250 individuals	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	2000	4 breeding pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	resident	1992-2001	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2001	20-25 individuals	C6
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra	LC	resident	1992-2001	250 breeding pairs	C6

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2002. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	35	2	males	6	very unfavourable
Burhinus oedicnemus	35	30	males	86	near favourable
Red Kite Milvus milvus	3	1	breeding pairs	34	very unfavourable
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra	160	80	breeding pairs	50	unfavourable

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Grassland	-	poor (40-69%)	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low
Climate change and severe weather	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low
Transportation and service corridors	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Unknown	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1995	Altopiano di Campeda	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	38
2009	Piana di Semestene; Bonorva, Macomer e Bortigali	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	40
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	30
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	20
Forest	Wooded steppe	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	70
agriculture	40
not utilised	20
forestry	-

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