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The site was identified as important in 2015 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
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	passage	2009-2014	560-2,457 individuals	A1, A4ii, B1ii, C1, C2
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1984-2001	27,500 individuals	A4iv, B1iv, C5

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2015) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1995	Fondali di Scilla	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Costa Viola e Monte S. Elia	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1995	Monte Scrisi	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1995	Fondali da Punta Pezzo a Capo dell'Armi	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1995	Pantano Flumentari	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Torrente Portello	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Torrente S. Giuseppe	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2005	Costa Viola	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Urban parks and gardens, Ruderal land	50
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	30
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	10
Marine Intertidal		5
Marine Neritic		5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
agriculture	30
urban/industrial/transport	20
not utilised	20
tourism/recreation	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Costa Viola (Italy). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/costa-viola-iba-italy on 22/11/2024.