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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
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	breeding	1991	30 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	breeding	1995	85 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C6

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
1979	AGRIATE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
1984	POINTE DU CAP CORSE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
1987	Iles Finocchiarola	Corsican Nature Reserve	<1
1993	Ile de la Giraglia	Arrêté de protection de biotope	<1
1994	Ile de Capense	Arrêté de protection de biotope	<1
1995	Agriates	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6
1995	Cap Corse nord et île Finocchiarola; Giraglia et Capense (côte de Macinaggio à Centuri)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1997	ILOT CAPENSE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
1998	Saint-Florent (formation récifale)	Arrêté de protection de biotope	<1
2001	Pelagos Sanctuary for the Conservation of Marine Mammals in the Mediterranean	Specially Protected Area of Marine Importance (Barcelona Convention)	100
2003	Plateau du Cap Corse	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	19
2005	Iles Finocchiarola et Côte Nord	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2008	Plateau du Cap Corse	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2016	Cap Corse et Agriate	Parc naturel marin	83
2017	Grands dauphins de l'Agriate	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	19
2017	Récifs du mont sous-marin de l’Agriate	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2017	Iles du Cap Corse	Corsican Nature Reserve	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Iles Finocchiarola et côte de Tamarone à Centuri (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/iles-finocchiarola-et-côte-de-tamarone-à-centuri-iba-france on 24/11/2024.