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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
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	2001	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	2001	2-4 breeding pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	resident	2001	7-10 breeding pairs	C6
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus	LC	resident	2001	2-4 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	2001	9-11 breeding pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2001	22-40 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
-	Monte Mutria	Private Reserve	2
1988	Pineta di Isernia	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
1993	Parco regionale del Matese	Parco naturale regionale/provinciale	39
1995	Matese Casertano	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	31
1995	Pendici meridionali del Monte Mutria	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7
1995	Sella di Vinchiaturo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Pineta di Isernia	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Matese	Regional Park	35
1996	La Gallinola - Monte Miletto - Monti del Matese	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	33
1996	Oasi naturale di Guardiaregia - Campochiaro	Altre Aree Naturali Protette Regionali	1
2003	Riserva naturale Torrente Callora	Riserva naturale regionale/provinciale	<1
2005	La Gallinola - Monte Miletto - Monti del Matese	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	33
2005	Matese	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	31
2005	Sella di Vinchiaturo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland, Treeline ecotone	45
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Urban parks and gardens, Other urban and industrial areas, Ruderal land	15
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams	15
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	10
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	8
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	7

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	63
forestry	45
agriculture	20
water management	15
urban/industrial/transport	10

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