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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
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	winter	1999-2000	35-52 individuals	C6
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	winter	1993-1995	13 individuals	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
1975	Parco naturale della Maremma	Parco naturale regionale/provinciale	61
1975	Maremma	Regional Nature Park	39
1988	Pianure del Parco della Maremma	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	22
1988	Pineta Granducale dell'Uccellina	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4
1995	Monti dell'Uccellina	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	30
1995	Pineta Granducale dell'Uccellina	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
1995	Dune costiere del Parco dell'Uccellina	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1995	Dune costiere del Parco dell'Uccellina	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1
1999	Santuario per i Mammiferi Marini	Area Naturale Marina di interesse internazionale	30
2001	Pelagos Sanctuary for the Conservation of Marine Mammals in the Mediterranean	Specially Protected Area of Marine Importance (Barcelona Convention)	-
2004	Monti dell'Uccellina	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	30
2004	Padule della Trappola; Bocca d'Ombrone	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3
2011	Padule della Trappola; Bocca d'Ombrone	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2016	Trappola Marshland - Ombrone River Mouth	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	4

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	40
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	24
Artificial/Terrestrial		12
Grassland		3
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
tourism/recreation	30
agriculture	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Uccellina mountains, Trappola marshes and Ombrone mouth (Italy). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/uccellina-mountains-trappola-marshes-and-ombrone-mouth-iba-italy on 24/11/2024.