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Area Marina Protetta Penisola del Sinis - Isola di Mal di Ventre

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A unique natural and archaeological heritage in the Mediterranean

Biodiversity

Flora and fauna that make the Marine Protected Area unique

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Marine flora

Posidonia oceanica

Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile

Endemic sea plant of the Mediterranean Sea, it forms extensive underwater meadows that constitute one of the most important and productive ecosystems…

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Birds

Kentish plover

Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758

A small wader that nests on the sandy beaches of the Sinis. Its population is in sharp decline due to human disturbance…

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Birds

Scopoli’s shearwater

Calonectris diomedea (Scopoli, 1769)

A pelagic seabird that nests in colonies on the islands of the western Mediterranean. Mal di Ventre Island hosts a breeding colony…

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