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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
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	2000	2-5 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1996-2000	7-25 males	C2, C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	2000	50-70 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	2001	80-90 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	2000	10 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	winter	2000	38 individuals	C6
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon	LC	resident	2000	500 breeding pairs	C2, 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
1979	Parco naturale di Migliarino, San Rossore e Massaciuccoli	Parco naturale regionale/provinciale	42
1979	Migliarino-San Rossore-Massaciuccoli	Regional Nature Park	100
1988	Lago e Padule di Massacciuccoli	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	50
1995	Lago e Padule di Massacciuccoli	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	50
1995	Selva Pisana	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1998	Selva Pisana	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2017	Massaciuccoli lake and marsh	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	52

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		95
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
fisheries/aquaculture	40
agriculture	20
tourism/recreation	15

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