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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
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding	2000-2001	20-22 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C2, C6
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	winter	2000-2001	2 individuals	A1, C1, C6
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1997	3-5 breeding pairs	C6
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	1997	2-3 breeding pairs	C6
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	breeding	1995-1998	3-7 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	1996-1997	190 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	1996-1997	115 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	1996-1997	50 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	breeding	2000	31 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1997	500-550 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	breeding	1998-1999	16 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1995-1997	40 breeding pairs	C6
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	breeding	1999-2000	30 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	breeding	1999	1,501 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1996-1998	158 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding	1999-2000	50 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	2000	2-4 breeding pairs	C6
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon	LC	resident	2000	10-15 breeding pairs	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	Punte Alberete	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	14
1977	Riserva naturale Pineta di Ravenna	Riserva Naturale Statale	<1
1977	Pineta di Ravenna (San Vitale)	Nature Reserve	20
1981	Piallassa della Baiona e Risega	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	46
1988	Delta del Po	Regional Nature Park	100
1995	Pialasse Baiona; Risega e Pontazzo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	37
1995	Punte Alberete; Valle Mandriole	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	25
1999	Pineta di San Vitale; Bassa del Pirottolo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	34
1999	Bardello	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2004	Pineta di San Vitale; Bassa del Pirottolo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	35
2004	Punte Alberete; Valle Mandriole	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	25
2004	Bardello	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3
2006	Pialasse Baiona; Risega e Pontazzo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	37

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	55
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	10
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	85
tourism/recreation	40
fisheries/aquaculture	40
nature conservation and research	15
agriculture	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Punte Alberete and Valle della Canna, Pineta San Vitale and Pialassa della Baiona (Italy). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/punte-alberete-and-valle-della-canna-pineta-san-vitale-and-pialassa-della-baiona-iba-italy on 23/11/2024.