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Site description (2000 baseline)
The middle course of the Taro river, on the southern Padana plain, a few kilometres west of the town of Parma. The alluvial plain is rich in gravel areas and sandbanks. The area is surrounded by cultivation. The main land-uses are nature conservation, agriculture, tourism, hunting and gravel extraction.

Key biodiversity
Important numbers of Burhinus oedicnemus (also many Merops apiaster and Riparia riparia) breed on the alluvial plain.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Taro river (Italy). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/taro-river-iba-italy on 24/12/2024.