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'):Species | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) | Population estimate at site | IBA criteria met |
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Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus | EN | breeding | 1990-2001 | 6-8 breeding pairs | C6 |
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata | LC | resident | 1990-2001 | 2-3 breeding pairs | C6 |
Red Kite Milvus milvus | LC | resident | 1990-2001 | 4-8 breeding pairs | C6 |
Red Kite Milvus milvus | LC | winter | 1990-2001 | 23-45 individuals | C6 |
Milvus migrans | NR | breeding | 1990-2001 | 7-13 breeding pairs | C6 |
European Roller Coracias garrulus | LC | breeding | 2001 | 5-10 breeding pairs | C6 |
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni | LC | breeding | 1990-2001 | 53-93 breeding pairs | C6 |
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus | LC | resident | 1990-2001 | 16-26 breeding pairs | B2, C6 |
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus | LC | resident | 1990-2001 | 11-40 breeding pairs | C6 |
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | LC | resident | 1990-2001 | 38-63 breeding pairs | C6 |
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2002).
Protected area (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
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Serra del Leone e Monte Stagnataro | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 3,750 | protected area overlaps with site | 3,417 |
Rocca Busambra e Rocche di Rao | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 6,243 | protected area overlaps with site | 5,619 |
Riserva naturale orientata Monti di Palazzo Adriano e Valle del Sosio | Riserva naturale regionale/provinciale | 5,862 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Riserva naturale orientata Monte Genuardo e Santa Maria del Bosco | Riserva naturale regionale/provinciale | 2,553 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Riserva naturale orientata Monte Carcaci | Riserva naturale regionale/provinciale | 1,438 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Riserva naturale orientata Bosco della Ficuzza, Rocca Busambra, Bosco del Cappelliere e Gorgo d | Riserva naturale regionale/provinciale | 7,398 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Monti Sicani; Rocca Busambra e Bosco della Ficuzza | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 59,355 | protected area overlaps with site | 58,504 |
Monti Barracù; Cardelia, Pizzo Cangialosi e Gole del Torrente Corleone | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 5,351 | protected area contained by site | 5,340 |
Monte Triona e Monte Colomba | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 3,313 | protected area overlaps with site | 3,313 |
Monte Rose e Monte Pernice | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 2,529 | protected area contained by site | 2,529 |
Monte Genuardo e Santa Maria del Bosco | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 2,683 | protected area overlaps with site | 2,300 |
Monte d'Indisi; Montagna dei Cavalli, Pizzo Pontorno e Pian del Leone | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 2,432 | protected area contained by site | 2,380 |
Monte Carcaci; Pizzo Colobria e ambienti umidi | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 1,869 | protected area contained by site | 1,759 |
Complesso Monte Telegrafo e Rocca Ficuzza | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 5,289 | protected area contained by site | 5,289 |
Calanchi; lembi boschivi e praterie di Riena | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 754 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Bosco di S. Adriano | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 6,821 | protected area contained by site | 6,823 |
Boschi Ficuzza e Cappelliere; Vallone Cerasa, Castagneti Mezzojuso | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 4,627 | protected area overlaps with site | 4,103 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sicani mountains, Rocca Busambra and Ficuzza forest. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sicani-mountains-rocca-busambra-and-ficuzza-forest-iba-italy on 25/09/2023.