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The site was identified as important in 2000 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
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	breeding	1991	312-466 breeding pairs	B1ii, B2, C2, C6
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding	1991	350-500 breeding pairs	B1i, B3, C2, C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Bouches de Bonifaccio	Hunting Reserve	5
1979	SANTA GIULIA	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
1982	Iles Lavezzi	Nature Reserve	2
1992	Iles Bruzzi et îlot aux moines	Arrêté de protection de biotope	1
1994	FALAISES DE BONIFACIO	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
1995	Plateau de Pertusato/ Bonifacio et îles Lavezzi	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1995	Iles et pointe Bruzzi; étangs de Chevanu et d'Arbitru	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Tre Padule de Suartone; Rondinara	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1996	RUNDINARA	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
1999	Bouches de Bonifacio	Réserve naturelle de Corse	49
1999	Bouches de Bonifacio	Nature Reserve	100
2000	Les Tre Padule de Suartone	Nature Reserve	<1
2001	Pelagos Sanctuary for the Conservation of Marine Mammals in the Mediterranean	Specially Protected Area of Marine Importance (Barcelona Convention)	100
2001	Baie de Stagnolu; golfu di Sognu, Golfe de Porto-Vecchio	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2003	CAPICCIOLU	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
2006	Iles Lavezzi; Bouches de Bonifacio	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	31
2006	Iles Cerbicale	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1
2008	Bouches de Bonifacio; Iles des Moines	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2008	Pointe de Senetosa et prolongements	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2009	Natural Reserve of Bouches de Bonifacio	Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (Barcelona Convention)	27

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Détroit de Bonifaccio et Iles Lavezzi (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/détroit-de-bonifaccio-et-iles-lavezzi-iba-france on 24/11/2024.