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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
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea	LC	breeding	1992-2001	500 breeding pairs	C6
Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan	VU	resident	1992-2001	1,000-2,000 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B3, C3
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	resident	1992-2001	350-500 breeding pairs	C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1992-2001	10-50 breeding pairs	C6
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii	VU	resident	1988-2001	148 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1992-2001	50-100 breeding pairs	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	1992-2001	6-10 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	Isole Tavolara; Molara e Molarotto	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1995	Capo Figari e Isola Figarolo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
1995	Stagno di San Teodoro	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1997	Area naturale marina protetta Tavolara - Punta Coda Cavallo	Riserva Naturale Marina e Aree Naturali Marine Protette	62
1997	Tavolara - Punta Coda Cavallo	Marine Nature Reserve	-
2008	Tavolara - Punta Coda Cavallo	Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (Barcelona Convention)	62
2009	Isole del Nord - Est tra Capo Ceraso e Stagno di San Teodoro	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	11
2009	Capo Figari; Cala Sabina, Punta Canigione e Isola Figarolo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Neritic		-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
military	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tavolara archipelago, Cape Ceraso and Cape Figari (Italy). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tavolara-archipelago-cape-ceraso-and-cape-figari-iba-italy on 22/11/2024.