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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A small archipelago of three islands˜Tavolara (the largest), Molara and Molarotto˜off the north-east coast of Sardinia. Vegetation is mainly maquis. Tourism is the main land-use.
An important breeding site for seabirds.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Tourism is the main threat, along with fires, and disturbance to birds by military activities. The site is a proposed Regional Nature Reserve.
National Partial
International NoneIBA contains Marine Nature Reserve (Tavolara-Punta Coda Cavallo, area not known).
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.
