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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	resident (1992)	min 1,000 pairs	C6
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage (1998)	5,000 birds	B1iv, C5

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1982	Isole Egadi	Marine Reserve (-)	-
1991	Riserva naturale marina Isole Egadi	Riserva Naturale Marina e Aree Naturali Marine Protette (IV)	85

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Urban parks and gardens
Grassland	-	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Neritic	-
Shrubland	-	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	35
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Egadi islands (Italy). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/egadi-islands-iba-italy on 24/12/2024.