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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2002

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	resident	1992	min 1,000 breeding pairs	C6
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1998	5,000 individuals	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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Saline di Trapani	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,007	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Riserva naturale marina Isole Egadi	Riserva Naturale Marina e Aree Naturali Marine Protette	53,992	protected area overlaps with site	0
Isole Egadi	Marine Reserve	35	protected area overlaps with site	0
Isola di Marettimo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,111	protected area contained by site	1,110
Isola di Levanzo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	552	protected area contained by site	542
Isola di Favignana	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,832	protected area contained by site	1,846
Fondali dell'Arcipelago delle Isole Egadi	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	54,281	protected area overlaps with site	529
Arcipelago delle Egadi - area marina e terrestre	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	48,291	protected area contains site	3,822

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Marine Neritic		-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores, Rock stacks and islets	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Urban parks and gardens	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Egadi islands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 05/02/2023.