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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
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

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
1976	Stagno di Cagliari	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	36
1976	Stagno di Molentargius	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	15
1995	Stagno di Cagliari; Saline di Macchiareddu, Laguna di Santa Gilla	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	47
1995	Stagno di Molentargius e territori limitrofi	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	9
1995	Monte Sant'Elia; Cala Mosca e Cala Fighera	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Torre del Poetto	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1999	Parco naturale regionale Molentargius - Saline	Parco naturale regionale/provinciale	12
2009	Stagno di Cagliari	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	39
2009	Saline di Molentargius	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	8

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cagliari wetlands (Italy). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cagliari-wetlands-iba-italy on 23/11/2024.