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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
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	2000	2-4 breeding pairs	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	2000	10-15 breeding pairs	C6
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor	LC	breeding	1995	15-25 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
1977	Forêt Domaniale du Circeo	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	-
1985	Monumento naturale Campo Soriano	Altre Aree Naturali Protette Regionali	1
1985	Sonnino	Nature Monument	2
1988	Monti Ausoni e Aurunci	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	68
1995	Monti Ausoni meridionali	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5
1995	Monte Calvo e Monte Calvilli	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1995	Parete del Monte Fammera	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Costa rocciosa tra Sperlonga e Gaeta	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Grotta di Pastena	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Sugherete di S. Vito e Valle Marina	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Rio S. Croce	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Monte Redentore (versante sud)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Forcelle di Campello e di Fraile	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Fiume Amaseno (alto corso)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Monte Petrella (area sommitale)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Monte Leano	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1995	Monte S. Angelo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1997	Parco naturale dei Monti Aurunci	Parco naturale regionale/provinciale	21
1997	Riserva naturale Antiche Citta' di Fregellae e Fabrateria Nova e del Lago di S. Giovanni Incarico	Riserva naturale regionale/provinciale	<1
2000	Monumento naturale Tempio di Giove Anxur	Altre Aree Naturali Protette Regionali	<1
2001	Monumento Naturale Mola della Corte-Settecannelle-Capodacqua	Altre Aree Naturali Protette Regionali	<1
2002	Monumento naturale Promontorio Villa Tiberio e Costa Torre Capovento-Punta Cetarola	Altre Aree Naturali Protette Regionali	<1
2004	Acquaviva - Cima del Monte - Quercia del Monaco	Altre Aree Naturali Protette Regionali	<1
2005	Costa rocciosa tra Sperlonga e Gaeta	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2007	Monumento naturale Grotte di Falvaterra e Rio Obaco	Altre Aree Naturali Protette Regionali	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	35
Artificial/Terrestrial		30
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	25
Grassland		5
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	50
agriculture	25
forestry	10
tourism/recreation	10
urban/industrial/transport	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ausoni and Aurunci mountains (Italy). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ausoni-and-aurunci-mountains-iba-italy on 23/11/2024.