Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Little Egret Egretta garzetta |
LC |
passage (2000–2010) |
100–300 birds |
C6 |
| European Shag Gulosus aristotelis |
LC |
winter (2006–2010) |
150 birds |
C6 |
| European Shag Gulosus aristotelis |
LC |
passage (2006–2010) |
1,000–1,200 birds |
B1i, C2 |
| Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
breeding (2010–2011) |
6–12 pairs |
C6 |
| Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
breeding (2003–2009) |
18–52 pairs |
C6 |
| Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
LC |
breeding (2004–2009) |
28–62 pairs |
B2, C6 |
| Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus |
LC |
passage (1990–1999) |
3,000–10,000 birds |
B1i, C2 |
| Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis |
LC |
passage (2003–2009) |
15,000–25,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Little Tern Sternula albifrons |
LC |
breeding (2005–2009) |
25–35 pairs |
C6 |
| Common Tern Sterna hirundo |
LC |
breeding (2000–2009) |
40–70 pairs |
C6 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
passage (2003–2010) |
15,000–25,000 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1990 |
Sečoveljske soline
|
krajinski park (V) |
47 |
| 1990 |
Reka Dragonja s pritoki
|
naravni spomenik (III) |
1 |
| 1990 |
Seèoveljske soline |
Landscape Park (-) |
49 |
| 1990 |
Reka Dragonja s pritoki (River Dragonja and its tributaries) |
Nature Monument (-) |
1 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
63 |
|
| Marine Neritic |
30 |
|
| Artificial/Aquatic & Marine |
7 |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| not utilised |
65 |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
15 |
| tourism/recreation |
15 |
| nature conservation and research |
5 |
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 23/12/2024.
