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The site was identified as important in 2022 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	breeding	2019-2021	139-250 mature individuals	A1, C1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2022) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hvar Channel (Croatia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hvar-channel-iba-croatia on 22/11/2024.