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 |
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Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea | LC | breeding | - | 500-1,000 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan | VU | breeding | - | 100-200 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2004) may differ.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: il-Kullana to ta' Gifen Cliffs (Malta). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/il-kullana-to-ta-gifen-cliffs-iba-malta on 22/11/2024.