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The site was identified as important in 2011 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
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	passage	2000-2010	100-300 individuals	C6
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	winter	2006-2010	150 individuals	C6
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	passage	2006-2010	1,000-1,200 individuals	B1i, C2
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	2010-2011	6-12 breeding pairs	C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	2003-2009	18-52 breeding pairs	C6
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	breeding	2004-2009	28-62 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	passage	1990-1999	3,000-10,000 individuals	B1i, C2
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis	LC	passage	2003-2009	15,000-25,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	2005-2009	25-35 breeding pairs	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2000-2009	40-70 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2003-2010	15,000-25,000 individuals	A4iii, C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1990	Sečoveljske soline	krajinski park	47
1990	Reka Dragonja s pritoki	naravni spomenik	1
1990	Seèoveljske soline	Landscape Park	49
1990	Reka Dragonja s pritoki (River Dragonja and its tributaries)	Nature Monument	1
1993	Secoveljske soline (Secovlje salt pans)	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	47
2004	Sečoveljske soline s Sečo	ekološko pomembno območje	65
2004	Sečoveljske soline	posebno varstveno območje	64
2004	Sečoveljske soline	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	70
2004	Morje in morsko obrežje	ekološko pomembno območje	43
2004	Sečoveljske soline in estuarij Dragonje	posebno varstveno območje	27
2004	Sečoveljske soline in estuarij Dragonje	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	27
2004	Kanal Sv. Jerneja	posebno varstveno območje	2
2004	Kanal Sv. Jerneja	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		63
Marine Neritic		30
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine		7

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	65
fisheries/aquaculture	15
tourism/recreation	15
nature conservation and research	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sečovlje saltpans (Slovenia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sečovlje-saltpans-iba-slovenia on 23/11/2024.