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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
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	resident	1992	min 1,000 breeding pairs	C6
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1998	5,000 individuals	B1iv, C5

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
1982	Isole Egadi	Marine Reserve	-
1991	Riserva naturale marina Isole Egadi	Riserva Naturale Marina e Aree Naturali Marine Protette	85
1998	Fondali dell'Arcipelago delle Isole Egadi	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1998	Isola di Favignana	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
1998	Isola di Levanzo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1998	Isola di Marettimo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2005	Arcipelago delle Egadi - area marina e terrestre	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
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	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.