West of il-Ħaġra s-Sewda to ix-Xaqqa Cliffs Important Bird Area

The West of il-Ħaġra s-Sewda to ix-Xaqqa Cliffs Important Bird Area comprises a 4 ha linear strip of cliffed coastline at Siġġiewi, on the southern coast of the main island of Malta, in the Maltese archipelago of the Mediterranean Sea. Its steep and rugged cliffs rise from sea level to a height of 68 m. It was identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports 500–1000 breeding pairs of Cory's shearwaters and 80–100 pairs of yelkouan shearwaters.[1]

The IBA is an important nesting site for yelkouan shearwaters

See also

List of birds of Malta

References

"West of il-Hagra s-Sewda to ix-Xaqqa Cliffs". BirdLife International. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

Important Bird Areas of Malta
Buskett Gardens Comino Island Dwejra Bay to San Dimitri Point Filfla Island Iċ-Ċnus to tal-Bardan Cliffs Il-Kullana to tal-Ġifen Cliffs Malta–Gozo Channel Rdum tal-Madonna Ta' Ċenċ Cliffs West of il-Ħaġra s-Sewda to ix-Xaqqa Cliffs West of Wied ix-Xaqqa to Wied Maqbul Cliffs Xlendi Bay to Wardija Point Cliffs

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