Vallée de la Restonica (France) IBA | Details

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Vallée de la Restonica

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	breeding (1996)	1 pairs	B2
Corsican Nuthatch Sitta whiteheadi	VU	breeding (1991)	100–500 pairs	A1, A3, B2, C1, C2, C6

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1972	Corse	Parc naturel régional (V)	100
2017	Massif du Monte Ritondu	Corsican Nature Reserve (IV)	27

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Native coniferous woodland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Scree & boulders; Inland cliffs
Shrubland	-	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Wetlands (inland)	-	Standing freshwater

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vallée de la Restonica (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vallée-de-la-restonica-iba-france on 25/12/2024.