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The site was identified as important in 2000 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
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	winter	1996	124-431 individuals	B1i
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	passage	1992	650 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	winter	1996	120-357 individuals	A1, A4i, B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	passage	1992	1,100 individuals	B1i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Pollution	likely in short term (within 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Residential and commercial development	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2002	Rivat e Drinit	Nature Monument (Category III IUCN)	-
2002	Këneta e Kashtës	Nature Monument (Category III IUCN)	-
2010	Kune-Vain-Tale	Rezerve Natyrore e Menaxhuar	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland	15
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	10
Marine Neritic		5
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	5
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	70
fisheries/aquaculture	45
nature conservation and research	20
forestry	15
agriculture	10
tourism/recreation	5
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Drini Delta (Albania). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/drini-delta-iba-albania on 22/11/2024.