Data Zone
Country/territory: Italy
IBA criteria met: B2, C2, C6 (2002)
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Area: 70,962 hectares (709.62 km2)
Site description (2000 baseline)
A low, dry area of hills in southern Italy, facing the Ionian Sea, north-west of the town of Crotone and crossed by the Neto river. The site is rich in rocky areas and small villages. The main land-use is agriculture. The site incorporates an IBA that was listed separately in the previous pan-European IBA inventory (Grimmett and Jones 1989), `Foce del Fiume Neto' (former site IT106).
Key biodiversity
The area inland is important for breeding and migrating raptors while the coastal lagoons support high numbers of non-breeding waterbirds. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Falco naumanni (1-10 on passage).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Marchesato and River Neto (Italy). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/marchesato-and-river-neto-iba-italy on 22/12/2024.