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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding (2000–2001)	20–22 pairs	A1, C1, C2, C6
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	winter (2000–2001)	2 birds	A1, C1, C6
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding (1997)	3–5 pairs	C6
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding (1997)	2–3 pairs	C6
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus	LC	breeding (1995–1998)	3–7 pairs	C2, C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding (1996–1997)	190 pairs	C2, C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding (1996–1997)	115 pairs	C2, C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding (1996–1997)	50 pairs	C2, C6
Great White Egret Ardea alba	LC	breeding (2000)	31 pairs	C2, C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding (1997)	500–550 pairs	C2, C6
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus	LC	breeding (1998–1999)	16 pairs	C2, C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding (1995–1997)	40 pairs	C6
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei	LC	breeding (1999–2000)	30 pairs	C2, C6
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	breeding (1999)	1,501 pairs	C2, C6
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding (1996–1998)	158 pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding (1999–2000)	50 pairs	C2, C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding (2000)	2–4 pairs	C6
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon	LC	resident (2000)	10–15 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1977	Riserva naturale Pineta di Ravenna	Riserva Naturale Statale (IV)	<1
1977	Pineta di Ravenna (San Vitale)	Nature Reserve (-)	20
1988	Delta del Po	Regional Nature Park (-)	100

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

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 23/12/2024.