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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara	LC	resident	1997-2001	60-120 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	resident	1997-2001	145-210 breeding pairs	C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1994-2001	30 breeding pairs	C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	resident	1998	40-250 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2001	60 breeding pairs	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	1997-2001	5-8 breeding pairs	C6
Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda	LC	resident	1997-2001	100-200 breeding pairs	A3, C6
Dartford Warbler Curruca undata	NT	resident	1997-2001	150-300 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1995	Coste e Isolette a Nord Ovest della Sardegna	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
1995	Stagno di Pilo e di Casaraccio	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1997	Parco nazionale dell' Asinara	Parco Nazionale	22
1998	Isola Asinara	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	14
1998	Isola Piana di Porto Torres	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2001	Pelagos Sanctuary for the Conservation of Marine Mammals in the Mediterranean	Specially Protected Area of Marine Importance (Barcelona Convention)	-
2002	Isola dell'Asinara	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2002	Area marina protetta Isola dell'Asinara	Riserva Naturale Marina e Aree Naturali Marine Protette	41
2005	Stagno di Pilo; Casaraccio e Saline di Stintino	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
military	95
nature conservation and research	5
fisheries/aquaculture	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Asinara island, Piana island and Stintino peninsula (Italy). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/asinara-island-piana-island-and-stintino-peninsula-iba-italy on 23/11/2024.