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Site description
A large, mountainous area (both coastal and inland) in the southern Apennines, west of Castrovillari, practically uninhabited and mainly covered by broadleaved woodland and maquis. The main land-use is nature conservation.

Key biodiversity
The site is important for breeding raptors of forest, and possibly holds the southernmost breeding Dryocopus martius in Italy.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mounts Orsomarso and Verbicaro. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 30/01/2023.