Offshore Islands (23997)
Croatia, Europe
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Global KBA criteria: A1d
Year of last assessment: 2010
National site name: Pučinski otoci
Central coordinates: Latitude: 43.0300, Longitude: 16.1250
System: marine, terrestrial
Elevation (m): 0 to 583
Area of KBA (km2): 126.80255
Protected area coverage (%): 100.00
KBA classification: Global
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: The area comprises the island of Vis with surrounding islets, as well as islands Bisevo, Sv. Andrija, Brusnik, Jabuka and Palagruza. This is the only nesting area of Eleonora’s Falcon in Croatia. The area holds almost the complete national breeding Cory’s Sherawater population. The most important island is Sveti Andrija and neighbouring islet Kamnik. Both species are nesting on well developed cliffs and rocks above the seas. Main threats are unregulated recreational activities and tourism, changes in traditional farming, overfishing, excessive or illegal hunting and unregulated construction on the coast.
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that meets the thresholds for at least one criterion described in the Global Standard for the Identification of KBAs.
Delineation rationale: Area changed from 629212 ha to 12681 ha, as part of 2010 revision of IBAs/proposed SPAs.