Key Biodiversity Areas

Sinis and Oristano wetlands (9585)
Italy, Europe

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesAythya ferinaCommon PochardVU2002A1dlink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesArdea purpureaPurple HeronLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesGlareola pratincolaCollared PratincoleLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesMelanocorypha calandraCalandra LarkLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesCharadrius alexandrinusKentish PloverLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesSterna niloticaGull-billed TernLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesCircus pygargusMontagu's HarrierLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesSylvia sardaMarmora's WarblerLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesEgretta garzettaLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesPhoenicopterus ruberLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesCircus aeruginosusWestern Marsh-harrierLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesLarus geneiSlender-billed GullLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesLarus audouiniiAudouin's GullLR/cd2002link-icon
AvesSterna hirundoCommon TernLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesPorphyrio porphyrioPurple SwamphenLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesPhalacrocorax aristotelisEuropean ShagLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesSterna albifronsLittle TernLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesPluvialis apricariaEurasian Golden PloverLR/lc2002link-icon
AvesHimantopus himantopusBlack-winged StiltLR/lc2002link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Sinis and Oristano wetlands. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 16, 2025.