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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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	breeding (1991)	70–75 pairs	B1ii, C2
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	breeding (1991)	79–115 pairs	B2, C6
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding (1991)	120–185 pairs	B1i, B3, C2, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	breeding (1995)	2 pairs	B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Iles Cerbicale	Hunting Reserve (-)	99
1981	Iles Cerbicale	Réserve naturelle de Corse (IV)	1
1989	TAMARICCIU	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV)	<1
1991	PALUMBAGGIA	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV)	<1
1995	ILES CERBICALE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV)	<1
1999	Bouches de Bonifacio	Réserve naturelle de Corse (IV)	90
2013	ILOTS DU TORO	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Intertidal	-
Marine Neritic	-

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Iles Cerbicale (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/iles-cerbicale-iba-france on 24/12/2024.