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The site was identified as important in 2002 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
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	2000	8-10 breeding pairs	C6
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis	LC	breeding	2000	10-20 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1995	Monte Semprevisa e Pian della Faggeta	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1995	Laghi Gricilli	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Bosco Polverino	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Grotta degli Ausi	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	-
1995	Fiume Amaseno (alto corso)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Bosco Selvapiana di Amaseno	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Monte Caccume	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1995	Alta Valle del Torrente Rio	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1996	Monti Lepini	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	72

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	70
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	10
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	10
Artificial/Terrestrial		5
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	50
hunting	30
forestry	20
agriculture	10
tourism/recreation	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lepini mountains (Italy). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lepini-mountains-iba-italy on 23/11/2024.