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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding	1991	70-75 breeding pairs	B1ii, C2
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	breeding	1991	79-115 breeding pairs	B2, C6
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding	1991	120-185 breeding pairs	B1i, B3, C2, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	breeding	1995	2 breeding pairs	B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Iles Cerbicale	Hunting Reserve	99
1981	Iles Cerbicale	Réserve naturelle de Corse	1
1989	TAMARICCIU	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
1991	PALUMBAGGIA	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
1995	Iles Cerbicale et frange littoral	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	73
1995	ILES CERBICALE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
1999	Bouches de Bonifacio	Réserve naturelle de Corse	90
2001	Pelagos Sanctuary for the Conservation of Marine Mammals in the Mediterranean	Specially Protected Area of Marine Importance (Barcelona Convention)	-
2006	Iles Cerbicale	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	81
2006	Iles Lavezzi; Bouches de Bonifacio	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	10
2008	Bouches de Bonifacio; Iles des Moines	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	11
2009	Natural Reserve of Bouches de Bonifacio	Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (Barcelona Convention)	90
2013	ILOTS DU TORO	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.