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Background Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean, and its geographic isolation, proximity to Africa, and the geomorphological diversity of its mountains, plains, rivers, dunes, estuaries and islets, mean that its biodiversity is among the most varied in Europe. Sicily has 238 Natura 2000 sites, which are threatened by fire, grazing, erosion, l ...

Background Coturnice di Sicilia (Alectoris graeca whitakeri)is a subspecies of rock partridge endemic to Sicily that is included in Annex I of the Birds Directive. The Sicilian metapopulation of rock partridges is fragmented into small isolated populations and remains heavily threatened by: reduction and transformation of the bird’s habitat following r ...