IT154
Nebrodi


Country/territory: Italy

IBA criteria met: B2, C2, C6 (2002)
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Area: 84,909 hectares (849.09 km2)

Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli

Site description (2000 baseline)
A large mountain area in northern Sicily, south of the village of S. Agata di Militello. The main habitat is broadleaved woodland (beech Fagus, oak Quercus); the area is rich in small freshwater ponds. It includes an area that was listed in the previous pan-European IBA inventory (Grimmett and Jones 1989) as `Rocche del Castro and surrounding valley' (former site IT129).


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nebrodi (Italy). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nebrodi-iba-italy on 27/12/2024.