Data Zone
Country/territory: Croatia
IBA criteria met: A1, C1, C6 (2023)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 95,084 hectares (950.84 km2)
Site summary
Yelkouan Shearwaters (Puffinus yelkouan), a globally threatened seabird species, listed as Vulnerable (VU) on the Global and European IUCN Red List (September 2022) and Scopoli's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) use this site during the breeding period. Sufficient numbers of birds use this site so as to trigger both Global and European specific regional IBA criteria. Additionally, the waters surrounding the western tip of the Pelješac peninsula are regularly used by 15-20 individual Audouin’s Gulls during the breeding period, which is notable because of the very small Croatian breeding population (25-50 pairs) even though it just didn’t trigger any IBA criteria.
Acknowledgements
This research received funding from the LIFE Programme of the European Union. The project is co-financed by the Government Office for Cooperation with NGOs and the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Korcula Channel (Croatia). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/korcula-channel-iba-croatia on 23/12/2024.