HR041
Offshore Islands


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Common Crane Grus grus LC passage (2010) min 3,000 birds A4i, B1i, C2
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea LC breeding (2010–2018) 600–1,400 mature individuals C6
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan VU breeding (2010) 50–100 pairs A1, C1, C2, C6
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae LC breeding (2010) 65–100 pairs A4ii, B1iii, B2, C2, C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus LC resident (2010) 8–10 pairs C6
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes n/a passage (2010) min 3,000 birds B1iv, C5


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Offshore Islands (Croatia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/offshore-islands-iba-croatia on 23/12/2024.