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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'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1989	2,500-9,999 individuals	B1iv, C5

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)
Parco naturale regionale Costa Otranto - Santa Maria di Leuca e Bosco di Tricase	Parco naturale regionale/provinciale	3,180	protected area overlaps with site	0
Parco delle Querce di Castro	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4	protected area contained by site	4
Costa Otranto - Santa Maria di Leuca	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6,093	protected area overlaps with site	1,730
Bosco le Chiuse	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	37	protected area overlaps with site	37
Bosco Guarini	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	20	protected area contained by site	20
Boschetto di Tricase	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4	protected area contained by site	4

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations, Ruderal land	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cape Otranto and Cape Santa Maria di Leuca coast. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cape-otranto-and-cape-santa-maria-di-leuca-coast-iba-italy on 25/09/2023.