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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	breeding (1992–2001)	300 pairs	C6
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	resident (1992–2001)	200–300 pairs	C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	resident (1980–2001)	45 pairs	A1, C1, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident (1992–2001)	15–17 pairs	C6
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis	LC	resident (1992–2001)	15–20 pairs	C6
Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae	LC	breeding (1992–2001)	140–170 pairs	A4ii, B1iii, B2, C2, C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident (1992–2001)	15–20 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1991	Gennargentu, Golfo di Orosei	National Park (-)	100
1993	Monumento naturale Perda 'e Liana	Altre Aree Naturali Protette Regionali (III)	<1
1994	Monumento naturale Su Suercone	Altre Aree Naturali Protette Regionali (III)	<1
1998	Parco nazionale del Golfo di Orosei e del Gennargentu	Parco Nazionale (II)	51

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Forestry plantations; Other urban and industrial areas; Ruderal land
Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)	-	Caves
Forest	-	Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Grassland	-	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Inland cliffs
Shrubland	-	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Wetlands (inland)	-	Rivers and streams

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Orosei Gulf, Supramonte and Gennargentu (Italy). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/orosei-gulf-supramonte-and-gennargentu-iba-italy on 23/12/2024.