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The site was identified as important in 2004 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	breeding	1994	5,000-8,000 breeding pairs	C2, C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Ile de Filfla	Specially Protected Area of Marine Importance (Barcelona Convention)	33
1988	Filfla	Riserva Naturali (Filfla)	86
1994	Il-Gżira ta' Filfla	Santwarju ta' l-Għasafar	86
2002	Il-Gżejjer ta' Filfa	Żona ta' Importanza Ekoloġika/Sit ta' Importanza Xjentifika	100
2003	Filfla	Żoni Speċjali ta' Konservazzjoni - Importanza Internazzjonali	86
2004	Filfla u l-Gzejjer ta' Madwarha	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	86
2004	Filfla u l-Gzejjer ta' Madwarha	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2007	Filfla	Żoni ta' Ħarsien Speċjali	86

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Filfla islet (Malta). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/filfla-islet-iba-malta on 23/11/2024.