DOLOMITES - Annexes 2-8 - Provincia di Udine

NOMINATION OF THE DOLOMITES FOR INSCRIPTION ON THE WORLD NATURAL HERITAGE LIST UNESCO
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Species of Community importance
Among the species included in Annex 2 of the Habitat Directive, the Dolomites give a home to the
brown bear, the lynx, the coleopteran Rosalia alpina, the lepidopterans Erebia calcaria and Euphydrias
aurinia, and the mollusc Vertigo moulinsiana. Among the species under Annex 4, in addition to the
aforementioned, Rosalia alpina, also present are the lepidopterans Maculinea arion, Parnassius apollo
and P. mnemosyne. Of the species listed in Annex 1 of the Bird Directive, we observe the lammergeier
(Gypaetus barbatus) (whose presence is due to the recent reintroduction campaign in adjacent areas),
the European honey-buzzard (Pernis apivorus), the yellow-billed kite (Milvus migrans), the golden eagle
(Aquila chrysaetos), the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), the hazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia), the
rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus helvetica), the black grouse (Tetrao tetrix), the capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus),
the rock partridge (Alectoris graeca), the corn crake (Crex crex), the european eagle owl (Bubo
bubo), the eurasian pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum), the boreal owl (Aegolius funereus), the european
nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), the common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), the greyfaced woodpecker
(Picus canus), the black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) the three-toed woodpecker (Picoides
tridactylus), and the red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio).
Tetrao urogallus Lanius collurio Lagopus mutus
the importance of the fauna
The reasons for affirming the great value of the Dolomites from the point of view of the fauna are
to be found in a crowded series of elements that we will sum up point by point. Before considering,
albeit briefly, each of the single points, it is worth emphasizing that this large area includes a huge
variety of thermophile and mountain-alpine habitats, respectively distributed in the southern and
central-northern sectors of the property. It is therefore particularly difficult and complex to describe
local fauna species, also because sufficiently in-depth studies have not yet been conducted in the area.
However, a rather special mingling of thermophile and mountain-alpine fauna can be seen, which
is particularly evident in the zones straddling the southern and southeastern borders. A remarkable
number of amphibian species are represented, distributed in diverse sectors and environments, thus
including the most varied ecological niches (Alpine salamander Salamandra atra, fire salamander
Salamandra salamandra, male Alpine newt Triturus alpestris, Italian crested newt Triturus carnifex,
Southern smooth newt Triturus vulgaris meridionalis, yellow-belly toad Bombina variegata, common