BirdLife Data Zone

IT153

Peloritani mountains

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IBA Criteria

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2015

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	passage	2009-2014	560-2,457 individuals	A1, A4ii, B1ii, C1, C2
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1984-2001	27,500 individuals	A4iv, B1iv, C5

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

IBA Protection

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Riserva naturale orientata Laguna di Capo Peloro	Riserva naturale regionale/provinciale	68	protected area contained by site	0
Monti Peloritani; Dorsale Curcuraci, Antennamare e area marina dello stretto di Messina	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	27,993	protected area contains site	18,620
Fondali da Punta Pezzo a Capo dell'Armi	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,812	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Dorsale Curcuraci; Antennamare	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	11,483	protected area overlaps with site	7,010
Costa Viola	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	29,425	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Capo Peloro - Laghi di Ganzirri	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	60	protected area contained by site	60

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-
Coastline		-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Peloritani mountains. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 24/03/2023.