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The site was identified as important in 2023 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
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	2010	min 3,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	breeding	2019-2021	800-1,000 mature individuals	C6
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	breeding	2019-2021	1,000-1,400 mature individuals	A1, A4, C1
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	breeding	2019-2021	50-80 mature individuals	A1, C1
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	2010	min 3,000 individuals	B1iv, C5

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2023) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lastovo Archipelago (Croatia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lastovo-archipelago-iba-croatia on 22/11/2024.