311 tal-2006 - Regolamenti tal-2006 dwar il-Protezzjoni tal-Flora, Fawna u Ambjenti Naturali (scheduleix)

L.N. 311 of 2006

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 435)

DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT

(CAP. 356)

Flora, Fauna and Natural Habitats Protection Regulations, 2006

BY virtue of the powers conferred by articles 6, 9, 10(2), 11 and

23 of the Environment Protection Act and article 60 of the Development

Planning Act, 1992, the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Environment

has made the following regulations> -

(1) The title of these regulations is the Flora, Fauna and

Natural Habitats Protection Regulations, 2006.

(2) Part VIII of these regulations shall come into force on

such a date as the Minister responsible for the environment may by

notice in the Gazette appoint.

(3) A notice under paragraph (2) of this regulation may make

such transitional provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary or

expedient in connection with the provisions thereby brought into force.

IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING

Ecosystems and habitats which may be classed into one or more of the following

1.
containing high diversity;

large numbers of endemic or threatened species, or wilderness;

required by migratory species;

are natural habitats, sites or species of National Importance or of Importance to the Agreement States;

isolated, unusual, atypical, peculiar natural habitats or biotopes;

of social, economic, cultural or scientific importance; or,

which are representative, unique or associated with key evolutionary or other biological processes;

Species, communities and populations which may be classed into one or more of the following

2.
endemic or threatened;

are species of National Importance or of Importance to the Agreement States;

with a restricted distribution in the Maltese Islands, the Mediterranean or within the territory of the

Agreement States;

isolated, unusual, atypical or peculiar populations of endemic, threatened or common species;

wild relatives of domesticated or cultivated species;

of medicinal, agricultural or other economic value;

of social, scientific or cultural importance; or

of importance for research into the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, such as

indicator species; and

Described genomes and genes of social, scientific or economic importance.

3. Schedule X

ENDEMIC SPECIES NOT COVERED BY REGULATION 26

(a) Animals

Acinopus ambiguus

Busewdien tax-Xatt

Shore Ground Beetle

(Dejean)

Aleurolobus teucrii Mifsud

-

-

& Palmeri

Allophylax picipes

-

-

melitensis (Baudi)

Ħanfusa tal-Fekruna

Alphasida grossa melitana

Tortoise Darkling Beetle

Reitter

Attalus melitensis Peyron

-

-

Danacea (Allodanacaea)

-

-

thymi Liberti & Schembri

Dasytidius melitensis

Dasitidu ta’ Malta

-

(Bourgeois)

Laemostenus (Sphodroides)

-

-

picicornis melitensis

(Fairmaire)

Mniotype deluccai (Berio)

Melvizza ta’ Delucca;

Valletta’s Brocade

Melvizza ta’ Valletta

Muticaria macrostoma

Dussies

Maltese Door-Snail

(Cantraine) s.l. excluding

M. macrostoma mamotica

and M. macrostoma

scalaris

Omophlus (Omophlus)

-

-

melitensis Baudi

Otiorhynchus

Otjorinku ta’ Malta

-

(Arammichnus) moriger

Reitter

Phragmatobia fuliginosa

Rubin

Maltese Ruby Tiger Moth

melitensis

Ħanfusa tar-Raba’

Pimelia rugulosa melitana

Maltese Field Beetle

Reitter

Stenosis melitana

-

-

Ħanfusa Mogħża

Tentyria laevigata leachi

Leach’s Darkling Beetle

Baudi

Żugrag

Trochoidea spratti

MalteseTop-Snail

(Pfeiffer) s.l. excluding T.

spratti cucullus and T.

spratti despotti

(b) Plants

Allium melitense (Sommier

Kurrat ta’ Malta

Maltese Leek

et Caruana Gatto) Ciferri et

Giacomini [= A.

ampeloprasum L. var.

melitense Sommier et

Caruana Gatto]

Anthemis urvilleana (DC.)

Bebuna tal-Baħar

Maltese Sea-Chamomile

Sommier et Caruana Gatto

[= A. secundiramea Bivona

ssp. Urvilleana (DC.)

Fernandez]

Calendula sicula Gussone

Suffejra ta’ Malta

Sicilian Marigold

[= Calendula suffruticosa

Vahl subsp. fulgida

Rafinesque var. gussonii

(Lanza) Ohle]

Chiliadenus bocconei

Tulliera ta’ Malta

Maltese Fleabane

Brullo [= Jasonia glutinosa

(L.) DC. Auct. fl. Melit.]

Euphorbia exigua L. var.

Tengħud Irqiq ta’ Malta

Maltese Dwarf Spurge

pycnophylla Kramer et

Westra

Filago cossyrensis

Kabuċċinella ta’ Malta

Maltese Cudweed

Lojacono [= F. pyramidata

L. var. gussonei (Fiori)

Wagenitz]

Orobanche muteli FW

Budebbus Abjad;

White Broomrape; Maltese

Schultz forma melitensis

Budebbus ta’ l-Ingliża

Sorrel Broomrape

(Beck in Sommier et

Caruana Gatto) Lanfranco

[= Orobanche melitensis

Beck; = Phelipanche nana

(Noë) Soják subsp.

melitensis (Beck) Soják]

Urginea pancration

Għansar; Basal ta’ l-

Sea-Side Squill

(Steinheil) Philippe [=

Għansar

Urginea maritima (L.)

Baker auct. fl. Melit.]

(1) The aim of these regulations is to contribute towards

ensuring biodiversity in the territory of the Member States of the

European Community through the conservation of natural habitats and

of wild fauna and flora in the Maltese Islands.

(2) Measures taken pursuant to these regulations shall be

designed to maintain or restore, at favourable conservation status, natural

habitats and species of wild fauna and flora of Community interest, and

shall take account of economic, social and cultural requirements and

regional and local characteristics.

(3) These regulations provide the provisions required for

the implementation in Malta of>

(a) the European Council Directive 92#43#EEC of 21 May

1992 on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna

and Flora,

(b) the European Council Directive 79#409#EEC of 2 April

1979 on the Conservation of Wild Birds,

(c)

the Convention on Biological Diversity,

(d) the Convention on the Conservation of European

Wildlife and Natural Habitats,

(e) the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory

Species of wild Animals, and

(f) the Protocol for Specially Protected Areas and Biological

Diversity in the Mediterranean of the Barcelona Convention,

they shall be read and construed as one with such legal instruments.

PART I

INTERPRETATION

ANIMAL SPECIES OF COMMUNITY INTEREST WHOSE CAPTURE AND

KILLING AND TRANSPORT ARE REGULATED

The species listed in this Schedule are indicated

by the name of the species or subspecies, or

by the body of species belonging to a higher taxon or to a designated part of that taxon.

The abbreviation 'spp.' after the name of a family or genus designates all the species belonging

to that family or genus.

MAMMALS

CARNIVORA

Canidae

Canis aureus

Canis lupus

Mustelidae

Martes martes

Mustela putorius

Phocidae

All species (except Monachus monachus)

Viverridae

Genetta genetta

Herpestes ichneumon

DUPLICIDENTATA

Leporidae

Lepus timidus

ARTIODACTYLA

Bovidae

Capra ibex

Capra pyrenaica (except Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica)

Rupicapra rupicapra (except Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica and Rupicapra rupicapra ornata)

FISH

PETROMYZONIFORMES

Petromyzonidae

Lampetra fluviatilis

Lethenteron zanandrai

ACIPENSERIFORMES

Acipenseridae

All species (except Acipenser naccarii and Acipenser sturio)

SALMONIFORMES

Salmonidae

Thymallus thymallus

Coregonus spp.

Hucho hucho

Salmo salar (only in fresh water)

Cyprinidae

Barbus spp.

PERCIFORMES

Percidae

Gymnocephalus schraetzer

Zingel zingel

CLUPEIFORMES

Clupeidae

Alosa spp.

SILURIFORMES

Siluridae

Silurus aristotelis

For the purpose of these regulations and unless the context Interpretation.

otherwise requires>

“the Act” means the Environment Protection Act<

“agreement states” means an agreement, to which Malta is a

party, entered into by a group of states reciprocally granting to

citizens of such states or their dependants the right to enter, remain

and reside in and leave the territory of such a state, to move freely

within such states for such a period as may be established in the

agreement and to work or establish, provide or receive services

therein< and “Agreement State” and “citizen of an Agreement State”

shall be construed accordingly< and where a State is a party to

such an Agreement subject to modifications and adaptations, a

citizen of an Agreement State shall be subject to such modifications

or adaptations as may be prescribed<

“alien” means a non-indigenous organism, which has never

been a native of Malta or which has been introduced therein during

the past 500 years<

“biological resources” includes genetic resources, organisms

or parts thereof, populations, or any other biotic component of

ecosystems with actual or potential use or value for humanity<

“the Competent“Authority” means the Malta Environment L.N. 57 of 2002.

and Planning Authority<

“conservation” means a series of measures required to

maintain or restore the natural habitats and the populations of

species of wild fauna and flora at a favourable status as defined in

the interpretation of “conservation status of a natural habitat” and

“conservation status of a species”<

“conservation status of a migratory species” means the sum

of the influences acting on the migratory species that may affect

its long-term distribution and abundance<

“conservation status of a natural habitat” means the sum of

the influences acting on a natural habitat and its typical species

that may affect its long-term natural distribution, structure and

functions as well as the long-term survival of its typical species

within the territory referred to in regulation 2(1).

The conservation status of a natural habitat will be taken as

‘favourable’ when>

– its natural range and areas it covers within that range

are stable or increasing, and

– the specific structure and functions which are necessary

for its long-term maintenance exist and are likely to continue

to exist for the foreseeable future, and

– the conservation status of its typical species is

favourable as defined in the interpretation of conservation

status of a species<

“conservation status of a species” means the sum of the

influences acting on the species concerned that may affect the long-

term distribution and abundance of its populations within the

territory referred to in regulation 2(1).

The conservation status will be taken as ‘favourable’ when>

– population dynamics data on the species concerned

indicate that it is maintaining itself on a long-term basis as a

viable component of its natural habitats, and

– the natural range of the species is neither being reduced

nor is likely to be reduced for the foreseeable future, and

– there is, and will probably continue to be, a sufficiently

large habitat to maintain its populations on a long-term basis<

“country of origin of genetic resources” means the country

which possesses those genetic resources in in situ conditions<

“country providing genetic resources” means the country

supplying genetic resources collected from in situ sources,

including populations of both wild and domesticated species, or

taken from ex situ sources, which may or may not have originated

in that country<

“deliberate” means actions by a person who is reasonably

expected to know, in light of general experience, that his action

will most likely lead to an offence against a species, but he intends

the action or consciously accepts the results of his action, even if

not intended<

“development notification order” means development

notification orders issued under The Development Notification

Order, 2001<

“the Development Planning Act” means the Development Cap. 356.

Planning Act<

“Director” means the Director responsible for environment

protection within the Competent Authority, or his designated

representative<

“domesticated or cultivated species” means species in which

the evolutionary process has been influenced by humans to meet

their needs<

“endangered” means a species which is in danger of extinction

and whose survival is unlikely if the causal factors continue

operating. Included are species whose numbers have been severely

depleted and reduced to a critical level or species whose habitat

has been drastically reduced<

“endemic” means those species found in Malta and which

are either species of biogeographical importance or species whose

native distribution range is limited to Malta only or to the Central

Mediterranean region only, whereby the latter region includes Sicily

and circum-Sicilian islands (including Pantelleria and the Pelagian

Islands), the Maltese Islands and islands off Tunisia. Such endemic

species also include possibly endemic species whose taxonomic

status or identity requires further analysis<

“ex situ conservation” means”the conservation of components

of biological diversity outside their natural habitats<

“general development order” means general development

orders issued under the General Development Order, 1997<

“genetic material” means any material of plant, animal,

microbial or other origin containing functional units of heredity<

“genetic resources” means genetic material of actual or

potential value<

“habitat of a species” means an environment defined by

specific abiotic and biotic factors, in which the species lives at any

stage of its biological cycle<

“in situ conditions” means conditions where genetic resources

exist within ecosystems and natural habitats, and, in the case of

domesticated or cultivated species, in the surroundings where they

have developed their distinctive properties<

“in situ conservation” means the conservation of ecosystems

and natural habitats and the maintenance and recovery of viable

populations of species in their natural surroundings and, in the

case of domesticated or cultivated species, in the surroundings

where they have developed their distinctive properties<

“invasive species” means an alien species whose

establishment and spread threatens local biodiversity<

“migratory species” means the entire population or any

geographically separate part of the population of any species or

lower taxon of wild animals, a significant proportion of whose

members cyclically and predictably cross one or more national

jurisdictional boundaries<

“the Minister” means the Minister responsible for the

environment<

“natural habitats” means terrestrial or aquatic areas

distinguished by geographic, abiotic and biotic features, whether

entirely natural or semi-natural<

“natural habitat types” means such habitat types listed in

Schedule I to these regulations and include those natural habitats>

(a) which are in danger of disappearance in their natural

range< or

(b) which have a small natural range following their

regression or by reason of their intrinsically restricted area<

or

(c) which present outstanding examples of typical

characteristics of one or more of the seven following

biogeographical regions> Alpine, Atlantic, Boreal,

Continental, Micronesian, Mediterranean and Pannonian< or

(d) those natural habitats types included in international

treaties to which Malta is signatory or party<

“Pan-European Ecological Network” means a coherent Euro-

Mediterranean ecological network of special areas of conservation,

and includes, amongst others, the National Ecological Network,

the Emerald Network, set up in line with the obligations of the

Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural

Habitats, the List of Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean

Interest set up by the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas

and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean, and the Agreement

States’ Natura 2000 Network<

“permit” means a permission issued in terms of these

regulations<

“protected sites” include special areas of conservation (SACs)

and special protection areas (SPAs) declared through the provisions

of these regulations<

“priority natural habitat types” means natural habitat types in

danger of disappearance which are present in the territory referred

to in regulation 2(1) and for the conservation of which Malta as a

Member State has particular responsibility in view of the proportion

of their natural range falling in the territory referred to in regulation

2(1)< these priority natural habitat types are indicated by an asterisk

(*) in Schedule I to these regulations<

“priority species” means endangered species for the

conservation of which Malta as a Member State has particular

responsibility in view of the proportion of their natural range falling

in territory referred to in regulation 2(1)< these priority species are

indicated by an asterisk (*) in Schedule II to these regulations<

“rare” means a species with small populations that are not at

present endangered or vulnerable, but are at risk. This includes

species located within restricted geographical areas or that are thinly

scattered over a more extensive range<

“related regulations” includes the Filfla Nature Reserve Act,

1988, the Fungus Rock (il-:ebla tal-:eneral) Nature Reserve

Regulations, 1992, the Reptiles (Protection) Regulations, 1992,

the Selmunett Islands (St. Paul’s Islands) Nature Reserve

Regulations, 1993, the Trees and Woodland (Protection)

Regulations, 2001, the Marine Mammal (Protection) Regulations,

2003, and the Conservation of Wild Birds Regulations, 2006 and

including any other related legislation<

“re-introduction” means the deliberate or accidental release

of an organism into the environment of a given site or territory,

which site or territory forms part of the natural distribution area of

the organism in question. The said organism belongs to an extinct

or endangered native species or taxon, which has previously been

observed as a naturally occurring and self-sustaining population

in historical times, but which has declined or disappeared as a result

of human intervention or a natural disaster<

“site” means a geographically defined area whose extent is

clearly delineated, and includes the sea<

“site of Community importance” means a site which, in the

biogeographical region or regions to which it belongs, contributes

significantly to the maintenance or restoration at a favourable

conservation status of a natural habitat type in Schedule I to these

regulations or of a species in Schedule II to these regulations and

may also contribute significantly to the coherence of Natura 2000<

and, or to the maintenance of biological diversity within the

Mediterranean biogeographic region<

“special area of conservation” or “SAC” means a protected

area, and may either be of National Importance or of International

Importance<

“special area of conservation of National Importance” means

a site designated under these regulations and which contributes

significantly to the coherence of the National Ecological Network

and the maintenance of biological diversity within Malta<

“special area of conservation of International Importance”

means a site designated through a statutory, administrative and, or

contractual act, in the biogeographical region or regions to which

it belongs, and where conservation measures are applied for the

maintenance or restoration, at a favourable conservation status of

a natural habitat type in Schedule I to these regulations or of a

species in Schedule II to these regulations<

“special protection area” or “SPA” means an area designated

for birds listed in Schedule I to the Conservation of Wild Birds

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“species of biogeographical importance” means any species

found in the Maltese Islands which is or possibly is of a relict

nature or whose restricted distribution in the Mediterranean, and

that contributes to the understanding of the spatial patterns of

biodiversity in Malta, the Mediterranean, Europe and North Africa<

“species of Community interest” means species within the

territory referred to in regulation 2(1) that are endangered,

vulnerable, rare, endemic, or species requiring particular attention,

or a priority species. Such species are listed or may be listed in

either Schedule II or Schedule V, or in both<

“species requiring particular attention” means species which

by reason of the specific nature of their habitat and, or the potential

impact of their exploitation on their habitat and, or the potential

impact of their exploitation on their conservation status, may be at

risk of becoming endangered<

“specimen” means any animal or plant, in any stage of its life

cycle, whether alive or dead, of the species listed in Schedules V,

VI, VII and VIII, whether whole or in part, whether in the original

form or after having undergone any transformation, and includes

any construction made by them. It includes any part or derivative

thereof, as well as any other goods which appear, from an

accompanying document, the packaging or a mark or label, or from

any other circumstances, to be parts or derivatives of animals or

plants of those species<

“sustainable use” means”the use of components of biological

diversity in a way and at a rate that does not lead to the long-term

decline of biological diversity, thereby maintaining its potential to

meet the needs and aspirations of present and future generations<

“vulnerable” means a species believed or that is likely to

become endangered in the near future if the causal factors continue

operating.

PROHIBITED METHODS AND MEANS OF CAPTURE AND KILLING AND

MODES OF TRANSPORT

The Competent Authority shall be responsible for the

administration and implementation of these regulations.

PART II

ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS

Non-Selective Means

FOR MAMMALS

Blind or mutilated animals used as live decoys

Tape recorders

Electrical and electronic devices capable of killing or stunning

Artificial light sources

Mirrors and other dazzling devices

Devices for illuminating targets

Sighting devices for night shooting comprising an electronic image magnifier or image converter

Explosives

Nets which are non-selective according to their principle or their conditions of use

Traps which are non-selective according to their principle or their conditions of use

Crossbows

Poisons and poisoned or anaesthetic bait

Gassing or smoking out

Semi-automatic or automatic weapons with a magazine capable of holding more than two rounds of

ammunition

FOR FISH

Poison

Explosives

(1) The Competent Authority shall set up a coherent

ecological network of protected areas under the title of the National

Ecological Network.

(2) Such network shall be composed of sites characterised

by one or more of the following features>

(a) representative types of biodiversity of adequate size to

ensure their long-term viability and to maintain their biological

diversity<

(b) habitats which are in danger of disappearing in their

natural area of distribution or which have a reduced natural area of

distribution as a consequence of their regression or on account of

their intrinsically restricted area<

(c) habitats critical to the survival, reproduction and

recovery of endangered, threatened or endemic species of flora or

fauna listed in Schedules II and III to these regulations<

(d) any site where certain endemic, possibly endemic, native

and, or potentially native species with a restricted distribution in

the Maltese Islands occur<

(e) any site in the Maltese Islands where certain endemic,

possibly endemic, native and, or potentially native species,

communities and, or biotopes are found<

(f) any site which represents the type locality of a species

or biotope, particularly if this species or biotope is endemic or

possibly endemic<

(g) sites of particular importance because of their scientific,

ecological, biodiversity, biogeographical, zoological, botanical,

aesthetic, cultural, landscape or educational interest<

(h) sites forming part of the Natura 2000 network, set up

through the provisions of regulation 6<

(i) any site which the Competent Authority may consider

as having relevant features but which are not listed above.

Modes of transport

FOR MAMMALS AND FISH

Aircraft

Moving motor vehicles

(1) The Competent Authority shall also contribute to the Natura 2000.

setting up of a coherent European ecological network of special areas

of conservation, established under the title of Natura 2000 by way of

Article 3 of the European Council Directive 92#43#EEC of 21 May 1992

on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora.

This network shall include>

(a) sites designated as special areas of conservation of

international importance in terms of these regulations<

(b) sites designated as special protection areas in terms of

these regulations<

(c) sites hosting the natural habitat types listed in Schedule

I to these regulations<

(d) sites hosting the bird species listed in Schedule I to the

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Conservation of Wild Birds Regulations, 2006<

(e) habitats of the species listed in Schedule II to these

regulations, and

shall enable the natural habitat types and the species’ habitats concerned

to be maintained or, where appropriate, restored at a favourable

conservation status in their natural range.

(2) The Competent Authority shall contribute to the creation

of Natura 2000>

(a) in proportion to the representation within its territory of

natural habitat types and the habitats of species referred to in

regulation 6(1)<

(b) by designating relevant sites as special areas of

conservation of international importance or special protection areas,

taking account of the objective set out in paragraph 1, in accordance

with Part III to these regulations.

Where considered necessary, the competent authority may

improve the ecological coherence of Natura 2000 by maintaining, and

where appropriate developing, features of the landscape, which are of

major importance for wild fauna and flora, as referred to in sub-

regulation (9) of regulation 14.

(1) With the aim of extending the European ecological

network, and also on the basis of these regulations, the Competent

Authority shall propose, to relevant international institutions or

organisations, the list of SACs of International Importance to be

compiled in accordance with the provisions of regulation 9 hereof.

(2) The list shall be transmitted to the relevant international

institutions, organisations and Agreement States, together with

information on each site. This information shall include a map of the

site, its name, location, extent and the data resulting from the application

of these regulations.

PART III

PROTECTED SITES

(1) On the basis of the criteria set out in Schedule IV (Stage

1) to these regulations and relevant scientific information, the Competent

Authority shall, from time to time, propose a list of sites indicating

with respect to each site which natural habitat types in Schedule I to

these regulations and which species in Schedules II and III to these

regulations that are native to Malta are hosted by the sites in question>

Provided that for animal species ranging over wide areas these

sites shall correspond to the places within the natural range of such

species which present the physical or biological factors essential to their

life and reproduction>

Provided also that for aquatic species, which range over wide

areas, such sites will be proposed only where there is a clearly identifiable

area representing the physical and biological factors essential to their

life and reproduction.

(2) Once a site has been identified by the Competent

Authority in accordance with the procedure laid down in the provisions

of Schedule IV to these regulations, the Competent Authority shall

designate that site as a Special Area of Conservation as soon as possible,

establishing priorities in the light of the importance of the sites>

(a) for the maintenance or restoration, at a favourable

conservation status, of a natural habitat type in Schedule I<

(b) for the maintenance or restoration, at a favourable

conservation status, of a species in Schedule II<

(c) for the coherence of the Natura 2000 Network and the

Pan-European Ecological Network<

(d) with respect to the threats of degradation or destruction

to which those sites and species they support are exposed.

(3) The Competent Authority shall furthermore distinguish

between those special areas of conservation, which, in the opinion of

the Competent Authority, are of National Importance or International

Importance.

(1) Bird species mentioned in Schedule I of the Species subject to

Conservation of Wild Birds Regulations, 2006, are to be subject to Special

Conservation

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their survival and reproduction in their area of distribution.

(2) In order to implement paragraph (1), the Competent Declaration of

Special Protection

Authority shall, in particular, classify the most suitable territories in Areas.

number and size as Special Protection Areas for the conservation of

these species, taking into account their protection requirements in the

land and marine areas of Malta.

(3) Such areas are to take into account species listed in

Schedule I to the Conservation of Wild Birds Regulations, 2006 that

are in danger of extinction, species vulnerable to specific changes in

their habitat, species considered rare because of small populations or

restricted local distribution and other species requiring particular

attention for reasons of the specific nature of their habitat. Trends and

variations in population levels shall be taken into account as a

background for evaluations.

(4) The Competent Authority shall take similar measures

for regularly occurring migratory species not listed in Schedule I to the

Conservation of Wild Birds Regulations, 2006, bearing in mind their

need for protection in the land and marine areas of Malta, as regards

their breeding, moulting and wintering areas and staging posts along

their migration routes. To this end, the Competent Authority shall pay

particular attention to the protection of wetlands and particularly to

wetlands of international importance.

(1) Upon the identification of a site as a SAC or SPA by Publication of

Protected Sites.

the Competent Authority in accordance with the provisions of regulations

9 and 10, the Competent Authority shall publish such details of such

site or sites in the Gazette or in a local newspaper.

(2) As soon as the Competent Authority either places a site

on the list referred to in regulation 9(1), or is declared as a SAC or SPA

in terms of sub-regulation (1), it shall be subject to the provisions of

these regulations.

(1) The Competent Authority shall also notify any one of

the owners of any site designated as a SAC or SPA of its inclusion in

the list, and shall also affix such a notice on site. If none of such owners

is known, or if it is not reasonably possible to effect service on such

owners, the said notice shall only be affixed on site and no service on

such owners as aforesaid need be made.

(2) The protected site list shall be registered in an index

held for the purpose specified in paragraph (1) hereof. The said index

shall be held in an electronic form in such a way that research to

determine the status of a site may be carried out. The Authority shall

keep a copy of the said index in the office of the Land Registry and

shall issue a certificate, which indicates the status of a particular site on

the payment of such fee as may be prescribed.

(3) For the purpose of this regulation, “site” shall also

include a single property of more than one property, irrespective of

who is the owner of that property, which forms part of the site, which

is, designated a SAC or SPA.

(1) The Competent Authority shall issue guidelines for the

management and conservation of protected sites.

(2) The protected sites may be zoned by the Competent

Authority in such a way as to have different categories of protected

sites, according to the management requirements set by the Competent

Authority.

(3) Each protected site may be encircled by the Competent

Authority by a buffer zone or a management area>

Provided that such buffer zone or management area may

contain representative communities or species worth of protection, and

may not necessarily be a rural area. It may also include, man-made or

man-induced ecosystems, which are subject to the same or limited

management provisions as the categorised protected site or sites.

(4) The Competent Authority shall ensure that the buffer

zone should be large enough to screen, minimise and, or absorb the

impact of detrimental activities occurring in nearby non-protected sites.

(5) The protection of protected sites may be further achieved

either through the publishing of relevant regulations under the Act or

related Acts, or via administrative and, or contractual agreements made

with the Competent Authority.

(1) The Competent Authority shall establish the necessary Management plans

and appropriate

conservation measures required for protected sites.

action for

conservation.

(2) The Competent Authority shall take appropriate steps

to avoid, in the protected sites, the deterioration of natural habitats and

the habitats of species, as well as the disturbance of the species for

which the areas have been designated, in so far as such disturbance

could be significant in relation to the objectives of these regulations.

(3) In relation to SPAs, the Competent Authority shall also

strive to avoid pollution or deterioration of habitats outside the SPAs.

(4) The Competent Authority may issue a management plan

for the said protected sites, which shall include planning, management,

supervision and monitoring measures in line with the protection category

or categories assigned to the protected site in question. Such measures

may include for each protected site as appropriate>

(a) a long-term ecological vision for the protected site and

the related terrestrial, coastal and marine communities, and

provisions for biodiversity protection, zoning, public awareness

and education, management, performance evaluation and any other

activities required by the Competent Authority<

(b) the legal and institutional framework and protection

measures applicable<

(c) the continual monitoring of ecological processes,

habitats, population dynamics, landscapes, as well as the impact

of human activities<

(d) the active involvement of local communities and

populations, as appropriate, in the management of the protected

site, including assistance to local inhabitants who might be affected

by the establishment of such area<

(e) the adoption of mechanisms for financing the promotion

and management of the protected site, as well as the development

of activities which ensure that management is compatible with the

objectives of conservation of such area<

(f) the regulation of activities compatible with the objectives

for which the protected site was established and the terms of the

related permits< and

(g) the training of managers and qualified technical

personnel, as well as the development of an appropriate

infrastructure for its management.

(5) The Competent Authority shall promote and enforce the

management of the protected site and its use in a sustainable manner,

depending on the categories of protected site included in the protected

site>

Provided that such management or use shall not compromise

the structure and function of biodiversity, including the land areas,

coastal areas, submerged lands and water column, with which they are

associated.

(6) The Competent Authority shall review the management

plans of each SAC or SPA at least every five years, and regularly assess

the state of the protected site and the progress made in the

implementation of the management plan and these regulations.

(7) The Competent Authority shall ensure that national

management plans or contingency plans incorporate measures for

responding to incidents that could cause damage or constitute a threat

to the protected site.

(8) When protected sites covering both land and marine

areas have been established, the Competent Authority shall endeavour

to ensure the coordination of the administration and management of the

protected site as a whole.

(9) For the purposes of the Development Planning Act and

with respect to development plans or supplementary planning guidance

prepared as a consequence thereto, the Competent Authority shall

endeavour to develop policies in respect of the conservation of the natural

beauty and amenity of the land which are of major importance for wild

fauna and flora, with a view to improving the ecological coherence of

the National Ecological Network, the Natura 2000 Network and the

Pan-European Ecological Network.

(1) For the purposes of implementing the management plans

as aforesaid for protected sites, the Competent Authority may enter

into a management agreement with every owner, lessee or occupier of

land forming part of such areas for the management, conservation,

restoration or protection of the site, or any part of it.

(2) A management agreement may provide for>

(a) the management of the land, whether in public ownership

or in private ownership, and for the carrying out thereon of such

work and the doing thereon of such other things as may be expedient

for the purposes of conservation>

Provided that in the case of land in public ownership the

consent of the Commissioner of Land is obtained beforehand<

(b) any of the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) being

carried out, or for the costs thereof being defrayed, either by the

said owner or other persons or by the Competent Authority or

through monies made available through the Environment Fund, or

partly in one way and partly in another.

(3) Such a management agreement shall be registered in

the land registry and shall be enforceable at the instance of the Competent

Authority against any person having an interest in the land and against

any person deriving title from him.

Any management agreement previously entered into by the Continuation

force of existing

Competent Authority or by government in relation to a site, which on management

or after the commencement of these regulations becomes a special area agreements.

of conservation, shall have effect as if entered into under regulation 15

of these regulations.

(1) The Competent Authority may make in respect of any Power to make

conservation orders.

site, within a protected site, a conservation order to contribute towards

ensuring the protection of biodiversity through the conservation of

natural habitats and of wild flora or fauna and to maintain and restore

natural habitats and species of wild flora and fauna or geological,

geomorphological or physiographic features. The conservation order

shall specify those operations or activities which appear to the Competent

Authority likely to destroy or damage the flora, fauna, or habitat by

reason of which the site is a protected site, including its geological,

geomorphological or physiographic features.

(2) The Competent Authority shall publish such details of

such a conservation order in the Gazette and in a local newspaper. The

Competent Authority shall also notify any one of the owners of any site

subject of a conservation order, and shall also affix such a notice on

site. If none of such owners is known, or if it is not reasonably possible

to effect service on such owners, the said notice shall only be affixed

on site and no service on such owners as aforesaid need be made. Notice

of such conservation order shall be registered in an index held for that

purpose. The said index shall be held in an electronic form in such a

way that researches to determine whether a site is subject to an order

may be carried out. The Authority shall keep a copy of the said index in

the office of the Land Registry and shall issue a certificate, which

indicates the status of a particular site on the payment of such fee as

may be prescribed.

(3) A conservation order made under this regulation may

contain such conditions and other provisions, as the Competent Authority

may deem necessary or expedient< and a conservation order may regulate

any matter affecting the site. Conservation orders may be amended or

revoked by a further order.

(4) In respect of any site within a special conservation area,

the Competent Authority shall also have power to require the owner,

by notice in writing, to undertake such works generally, or as may be

specified in the notice, as may be necessary to ensure that no further

deterioration occurs. In default, the Competent Authority may give a

further notice to the owner to carry out and complete the works within

a specified time, and if the owner is still in default it may itself carry

out, or cause to be carried out, the necessary works and recover the cost

thereof from the owner of the site.

(5) For the purpose of this regulation, “site” includes a single

property of more than one property, irrespective of who is the owner of

that property, which forms part of the site, which is subject to a

conservation order.

(1) No person shall carry out on any site within a special

area of conservation, any operation or activity, unless the operation or

activity is carried out, or caused or permitted to be carried out, by the

owner or occupier of the site and one of them has given the Competent

Authority written notice of a proposal to carry out the operation or

activity, specifying its nature and the site on which it is proposed to

carry it out.

(2) The Competent Authority shall notify the applicant of

its consent or otherwise for the carrying out of such operation or activity.

A consent granted by the Competent Authority under this regulation

may contain such conditions and other provisions it deems fit and

appropriate to impose. The Competent Authority may furthermore

regulate such an operation or activity in a management agreement validly

entered into in accordance with the provisions of regulation 15.

(3) For the purpose of this regulation, “operation or activity”

refers to any operation or activity related to development, or any

endeavour, which is envisaged to have impact on biodiversity and the

SAC.

(1) Where it appears to the Competent Authority that an Supplementary

provisions as to

application for consent under these regulations relates to an operation consents.

or activity which is or forms part of a plan or project which>–

(a) is not directly connected with or necessary to the

management of the protected site, and

(b) is likely to have a significant effect thereon, either

individually or in combination with other plans or projects,

the Competent Authority shall make, or require the applicant to make,

an appropriate assessment, of the implications of the operation or activity

on the site in view of the site’s conservation objectives.

In the light of the conclusions of the assessment of the implications for

the site and subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (2) of this

regulation, the Competent Authority may give consent to the operation

or activity only after having ascertained that the plan or project will not

adversely affect the integrity of the site concerned and if appropriate,

after having obtained and taken into account the opinion of the general

public and representations made within such reasonable time as the

Competent Authority may specify.

(2) If, in spite of a negative assessment of the implications

for the site and the Competent Authority being satisfied that there being

no alternative solutions, a plan or project must nevertheless be carried

out for imperative reasons of overriding public interest, which subject

to the subsequent sub-regulation, may be of a social or economic nature,

the Competent Authority may give its consent for the operation or

activity to be carried out.

(3) Where the Competent Authority gives such consent

under this regulation, it shall take all compensatory measures necessary

to ensure that the overall coherence of Natura 2000 is protected. It shall

inform the Commission of the compensatory measures adopted.

(4) Where the SAC concerned hosts a priority natural habitat

type and, or a priority species, the reasons referred to in the previous

sub-regulation must be either>

(a) reasons relating to human health, public safety or

beneficial consequences of primary importance for the

environment, or

(b) other reasons which in the opinion of the Commission

are imperative reasons of overriding public interest.

The provisions of regulation 19 shall mutatis mutandis apply

in the consideration of applications for development permission affecting

protected sites and on determining a reconsideration or appeal under

the provisions of the Development Planning Act.

Similarly an outline development permit shall not be granted

unless the Competent Authority is satisfied (whether by reason of the

conditions and limitations to which the outline permission is to be made

subject, or otherwise) that no development that is likely to effect the

integrity of the protected site in an adverse manner could be carried out

under the permission, whether before or after obtaining approval of any

reserved matters.

(1) It shall be a condition of any development consent

granted or deemed to be granted by the provisions of the Development

Notification Order or by a General Development Order issued by the

Competent Authority, whether made before or after the coming into

force of these regulations, that development which> –

(a) is likely to have a significant effect on the protected site

(either alone or in combination with other plans or projects), and

(b) is not directly connected with or necessary to the

management of the site,

shall not commence or continue until the developer has received written

notification of the consent of the Competent Authority under regulation

(2) The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to such

sites designated as a SAC of national importance.

22. (1) Where it is intended to carry out development in reliance

upon the consent granted or deemed to be granted by the provisions of

the Development Notification Order or by a General Development Order

issued by the Competent Authority, an application shall be made in

writing to the Competent Authority.

(2) The application shall>–

(a) give details of the development which is intended to be

carried out< and

(b) be accompanied by any fee required to be paid.

(3) The Competent Authority shall consider the application

in accordance with the provisions of regulation 21.

(4) Where the Competent Authority considers that it has

sufficient information to conclude that the development will, or will

not have such an effect, it may proceed to make, or require the applicant

to make an appropriate assessment of the implications of the

development for the special area of conservation in view of the site’s

conservation objectives.

(5) If the Competent Authority considers that it has

insufficient information to reach either of these conclusions, it shall

notify the applicant in writing indicating in what respects it considers

the information insufficient< and the applicant may supply further

information with a view to enable the Competent Authority to reach a

decision on the application.

(6) In the light of the conclusions of the assessment referred

to in sub-regulation (4), the Competent Authority shall approve the

development only after having ascertained that it will not adversely

affect the integrity of the site.

(7) The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to such

sites designated as a SAC of national importance.

(1) The Competent Authority may, having regard to the Other powers.

provisions of these regulations and other material considerations, by

notice served on the owner or occupier of any site, require any existing

use or activity or any works to be discontinued or any building, plant,

equipment or other thing whatsoever to be removed from any site, or

requiring both such discontinuance and removal.

(2) Where a discontinuance or removal order is made in

respect of any activity, works or use, or of a building, plant, equipment

or other thing lawfully carried on or in existence on the site mentioned

in the notice before the commencement of these regulations, or which

was started or came into existence after the commencement of these

regulations in accordance with a development permission issued under

the Development Planning Act, the Competent Authority shall be liable

to pay compensation for any losses sustained as a result of the notice>

Provided that any benefits derived from the same notice shall

be offset against the losses aforesaid.

PART IV

PROTECTION OF SPECIES

(1) No person shall deliberately pick, collect, cut, uproot,

destroy or damage in any way any specimen of species of flora listed in

Schedules V (b) and VI (b) to these regulations.

(2) Without prejudice to the Trade in Species of Fauna and

Flora Regulations of 2004, no person shall keep, transport, sell or

exchange by any method, import or export any specimen of species of

flora listed in Schedules V (b) and VI (b) to these regulations unless he

is in possession of a prior official permit from the Competent Authority

or Director as appropriate.

(3) The prohibitions referred to in sub-regulations (1) and

(2) shall apply to all stages of the biological cycle of the plants to which

this regulation applies.

(1) Without prejudice to the related regulations and the

Trade in Species of Fauna and Flora Regulations, 2004>

(a) no person shall pursue, take or attempt to take,

deliberately capture or kill or attempt to kill, deliberately destroy,

keep, transport, by any method sell, buy, exchange, offer for sale

or for exchange, import or export any specimen of species listed

in the Schedules V (a) and VI (a) to these regulations, except for

those taken legally before these regulations came into force, and

unless he is in possession of a prior official permit from the

Competent Authority or Director as appropriate<

(b) no person shall deliberately disturb any species listed in

Schedules V (a) and VI (a) to these regulations particularly during

periods of breeding, rearing, hibernation and migration<

(c) the destruction and deterioration of breeding sites or

resting places for those animal species listed in Schedules V(a)

and VI(a) to these regulations is prohibited<

(d) the prohibition referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c)

hereof shall apply to all stages of life of the animals to which this

regulation applies<

(e) the deliberate destruction or taking off eggs from the

wild is also prohibited.

(2) The Competent Authority shall set up a system to

monitor the incidental capture and killing of the animal species listed in

Schedules V (a) and VI (a).

In the light of the information gathered, the Competent

Authority shall carry out further research or conservation measures as

required to ensure that incidental capture and killing does not have a

significant negative impact on the species concerned.

(1) All endemic species are protected, except for those Protection

endemic species.

species listed in Schedule X to these regulations.

(2) Without prejudice to regulations 24 and 25 of these

regulations, the related regulations and the Trade in Species of Fauna

and Flora Regulations, 2004, no person shall deliberately pick, collect, Related regulations.

cut, uproot, destroy, pursue, take or attempt to take, damage in any

way, capture, kill or attempt to kill, keep, transport, by any method sell,

buy, exchange, offer for sale or for exchange, import or export any

specimen of all endemic species not listed in Schedule X to these

regulations, unless he is in possession of a prior official permit from the

Competent Authority or Director as appropriate.

(3) No person shall deliberately disturb any endemic species,

except for those species listed in Schedule X to these regulations,

particularly during periods of reproduction, seeding, fruiting and fruit-

shedding, breeding, rearing, hibernation or migration.

(4) The prohibition referred to in sub-regulations (2) and

(3) shall apply to all stages of life and biological cycle of the flora or

fauna to which this regulation applies.

(1) If, in the light of the surveillance provided for in these Control of exploited

regulations the Competent Authority deems it necessary, it shall take species.

any measures to ensure that the taking in the wild of specimen of species

of wild fauna and flora listed in Schedules VII and VIII as well as their

exploitation is compatible with their being maintained at a favourable

conservation status.

(2) Such measures may also include in particular>

(a) temporary or local prohibition of the taking of specimen

in the wild and exploitation of certain populations<

(b) regulation of the periods and, or methods of taking

specimen<

(c) application, when specimen are taken, of hunting and

fishing rules which take account of the conservation of such

populations<

(d) establishment of a system of licences for taking specimen

or of quotas<

(e) regulation of the purchase, sale, offering for sale,

keeping for sale or transport for sale of specimen<

(f) breeding in captivity of animal species as well as artificial

propagation of plant species, under strictly controlled conditions,

with a view to reducing the taking of specimen of the wild<

(g) any other measure deemed necessary by the Competent

Authority< and

(h) an assessment of the effect of the measures adopted.

PART V

INTRODUCTION AND RE-INTRODUCTION OF SPECIES

(1) Without prejudice to regulation 6(1) and (2) of the Trade

in Species of Fauna and Flora Regulations, 2004, the Competent

Authority may prohibit the importation and, or keeping of any species

of flora and fauna, if in its opinion, this importation and, or keeping can

harm or lead to the endangering of biodiversity of Malta, or for other

reasons in the national interest.

(2) Without prejudice to the Conservation of Wild Birds

Regulations, 2006, the Competent Authority may take all necessary

measures to prevent, control, and monitor the introduction of organisms

belonging to alien species with the potential to establish populations

into the environment and, or prejudice the local flora and fauna.

(3) Without prejudice to sub-regulations (1) and (2) of this

regulation, and in order to implement further sub-regulations (1) and

(2) of this regulation, the Competent Authority shall compile and publish

a list of those species that are invasive or deemed to be invasive to

Malta.

(4) No person shall import and, or keep any species in the

list mentioned in sub-regulation (3) hereof.

(5) Without prejudice to regulation 43, no person shall

deliberately release or attempt to release, maintain and, or in any way

intentionally assist the establishment or potential establishment, of a

species included in the list referred to in sub-regulation (3) hereof, into

natural habitats without prior authorisation by the Competent Authority,

or, allow the escape of such species into natural habitats as a result of

negligence.

(6) The Competent Authority may develop eradication or

control plans and related programmes aimed at monitoring, preventing

and controlling the introduction of established alien species, invasive

species and those alien species with the potential to establish populations

and become invasive into the environment.

(7) The Competent Authority may issue guidelines on the

keeping, monitoring, prevention, control, and eradication measures of

established alien species.

(1) The Competent Authority shall carry out a study to Re-introduction of

species.

assess the desirability of re-introducing species in Schedules II and III

that are native to Malta, where this might contribute to their conservation.

(2) Prior to re-introducing a species into the natural

environment, particularly if it is an endemic species or a species listed

in Schedules II, III, V and VI to these regulations, or any species of bird

which does not occur in the wild state in Malta, the competent authority

shall commission, or request to be commissioned, a study to establish

whether such re-introduction contributes effectively to re-establishing

such species at a favourable conservation status.

(3) Such study is to take into account the experience of

Agreement States.

(4) The Competent Authority shall carry out any re-

introduction only after proper consultation with public concerned.

Without prejudice to the provisions of regulation 49, the Return of protected

species.

Competent Authority shall take all possible measures, where practical,

for the return of protected specimen from the person illegally keeping

the specimen. All expenses made in connection with the carrying out of

such measures should be borne by the person, persons or body found

guilty of illegal possession and trade.

PART VI

CAPTURE AND KILLING METHODS

(1) The Competent Authority shall prohibit the use of Prohibited use of

means of capture

indiscriminate means and forms of capture capable of causing local and killing and

modes of transport.

disappearance of, or serious disturbance to, populations of mammals

and fish listed in Schedule XI to these regulations.

(2) The use of the means of capture and killing listed in

Schedule XII (a) to these regulations is prohibited.

(3) Any form of capture and killing from modes of transport

referred to in Schedule XII (b) to these regulations is prohibited.

PART VII

CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE USE

The Competent Authority shall>

(a) develop a national strategy and other relevant policies

and plans, action plans and related programmes aimed for the

conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity<

(b) adapt existing strategies, plans or programmes to reflect,

inter alia, the measures set out in these regulations, the related

regulations and the Convention on Biological Diversity

Incorporation Regulations, 2002<

(c) as far as possible and as appropriate, integrate the

conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity into relevant

sectoral or cross-sectoral plans, programmes and policies< and

(d) promote the integration of conservation policies and

sustainable use of biodiversity in plans, programmes and policies

prepared by other authorities.

The Competent Authority shall, as far as possible and as

appropriate>

(a) rehabilitate and restore degraded ecosystems and

promote the recovery of threatened species, inter alia, through the

development and implementation of plans or other management

strategies<

(b) prevent the introduction of, control or eradicate those

alien species which threaten ecosystems, habitats or species, in

line with the provisions set in these regulations and the related

regulations< and

(c) endeavour to provide the conditions needed for

compatibility between present uses and the conservation of

biological diversity and the sustainable use of its components.

The Competent Authority shall, as far as possible and as Ex situ

conservation.

appropriate, and predominantly for the purpose of complementing in

situ measures>

(a) promote measures for the ex situ conservation of

components of biological diversity, preferably in the country or

island of origin of such components<

(b) promote the establishment and maintenance of facilities

for ex situ conservation of and research on plants, animals and

micro-organisms<

(c) adopt measures for the recovery and rehabilitation of

threatened species and for their re-introduction into their original

natural habitats under appropriate conditions< and

(d) regulate, manage or liase with managers of biological

resource collections for ex situ conservation purposes so as not to

threaten ecosystems and in situ populations of species, except where

special temporary ex situ measures are required under paragraph

(c) above.

The Competent Authority shall, as far as possible and as Sustainable use of

components of

appropriate>

biological diversity.

(a) take measures to integrate consideration of the

conservation and sustainable use of biological resources into

national decision-making<

(b) adopt codes of practice, guidelines or measures relating

to the use of biological resources so as to avoid or minimise adverse

impacts on biodiversity<

(c) protect and encourage customary use of biological

resources in accordance with traditional cultural practices that are

compatible with conservation or sustainable use requirements<

(d) support local populations to develop and implement

remedial actions in degraded areas where biological diversity has

been reduced< and

(e) encourage co-operation between governmental

authorities and private sector in developing methods for sustainable

use of biological resources.

PART VIII

ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES

(1) Without prejudice to the Trade in Species of Fauna and

Flora Regulations, 2004, and related regulations, access to genetic

resources to countries other than Malta shall be subject to prior informed

consent of the Competent Authority, provided that agricultural products

and domesticated animals are excluded from this provision.

(2) Access, where granted, shall be on mutually agreed terms

and subject to the provisions of this regulation.

(3) Such access to genetic resources should guarantee a fair

and equitable way for the sharing of the results of research, development

and benefits arising from the commercial and other utilisation of such

genetic resources by the country requesting such access. Such sharing

shall be upon mutually agreed terms.

For the purpose of these regulations, the genetic resources

being provided by Malta, as referred to in regulation 28, are only those

genetic resources for which Malta is the country of origin or that Malta

is a country providing genetic resources, having acquired such genetic

resources in accordance with the provisions of the United Nations

Convention on Biological Diversity, done at Rio de Janeiro on the fifth

day of June 1992.

PART IX

SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING

The Competent Authority shall, as far as possible and as

appropriate, in particular for the purposes of these regulations and the

related regulations>

(a) undertake surveillance and monitoring of biodiversity

and the conservation status of the natural habitats and species, with

particular regard to priority natural habitat types and priority

species<

(b) identify components of biodiversity important for its

conservation and sustainable use having regard to the indicative

list of categories set down in Schedule IX to these regulations<

(c) monitor the components of biodiversity identified

pursuant to paragraph (b) above, paying particular attention to those

requiring urgent conservation measures and those which offer the

greatest potential for sustainable use<

(d) identify processes and categories of activities which have

or are likely to have significant adverse impacts on the conservation

and sustainable use of biological diversity, and monitor their effects<

(e) assess the status, dynamics and seasonal movements of

the populations of the protected species concerned< and

(f) maintain and organise, by any mechanism, data derived

from identification and monitoring activities pursuant to paragraphs

(a), (b), (c) and (d) above.

(1) The Competent Authority shall set up national National database

on biodiversity.

inventories aimed for the conservation and sustainable use of

biodiversity, in order to maintain and organise data resulting from the

application of these regulations and the related regulations.

(2) As far as practically possible, these inventories shall be

digitised and made freely available to the public, subject to the provisions

of the Freedom of Access to Information on the Environment

Regulations, 2005.

L.N. 116 of 2005.

PART X

COMMUNICATIONS AND RESEARCH

(1) The Competent Authority shall promote education and Communications,

general information on the need to protect species of wild fauna and education,

awareness.

flora and to conserve their habitats and natural habitats.

(2) In this respect, the Competent Authority, shall promote

and encourage>

(a) appropriate publicity to the establishment of protected

sites, their boundaries, applicable regulations, and to protected

species and their habitats<

(b) the understanding of the importance of, and the measures

required for, the conservation, protection and management of

biodiversity<

(c) the inclusion of biodiversity protection and management,

the interest and value of protected sites and protected species, the

scientific knowledge which may be gained from the point of view

of nature conservation, and other relevant points of view in

appropriate education programmes<

(d) the dissemination of information on biodiversity

protection held by the Competent Authority, and that this is made

available according to the provisions set by the Freedom of Access

to Information on the Environment Regulations, 2005<

(e) public participation in measures that are necessary for

the protection of the areas and species concerned< and

(f) co-operation, as appropriate, with national bodies and

entities, Agreement States and international organisations in

developing educational and public awareness programmes, with

respect to conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity.

(1) The Competent Authority shall promote national and

international research and scientific co-operation in the field of

conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, where

necessary, through the appropriate national and international institutions.

(2) The necessary research and scientific work with regards

to the objectives and obligations of these regulations and the related

regulations shall be encouraged. Particular attention is to be given to

scientific work necessary for the implementation of regulations 5 to 29,

taking into account transboundary co-operative research between

countries.

The Competent Authority shall establish a clearing-house

mechanism to promote and facilitate communication, education and

public awareness, as well as technical and scientific research and co-

operation, in line with provisions of these regulations, the related

regulations, the Freedom of Access to Information on the Environment

Regulations, 2005 and the Convention on Biological Diversity

Incorporation Regulations, 2002.

2002. PART XI

PERMITTING AND PENALTIES

The Competent Authority may issue a permit prior to>

Permits.

(a)

the taking and, or keeping of any specimen,

(b) the introduction and, or re-introduction of species,

(c)

the import and, or export of any specimen or species,

(d) bona fide scientific studies,

(e) bona fide educational studies, and

(f) without prejudice to the provisions of Part III of these

regulations, on any operation or activity regulated through these

regulations.

Provided that the Competent Authority shall not issue such a

permit if such activities threaten any specimen, protected site, sites

or species of national importance and of international importance

or the biodiversity of Malta.

Further to regulation 43, provided that where there is no Derogations.

satisfactory alternative and a derogation to these regulations is not

detrimental to the maintenance of the populations of the species

concerned at a favourable conservation status in their natural range, the

Competent Authority may derogate from the provisions of Part VI of

these regulations, and, or Part IV of these regulations for the species

listed in Schedules V and VII only, through a permit, and>

(a) in the interest of protecting wild fauna and flora and

conserving natural habitats<

(b) to prevent serious damage, in particular to crops,

livestock, forests, fisheries and water and other types of property<

(c) in the interests of public health and public safety, or for

other imperative reasons of overriding public interest, including

those of a social or economic nature and beneficial consequences

of primary importance for the environment< or

(d) for the purpose of research and education, of re-

populating and re-introducing these species and for the breeding

operations necessary for these purposes, including the artificial

propagation of plants< or

(e) to allow, under strictly supervised conditions, on a

selective basis and to a limited extent, the taking or keeping of

certain specimens of the species listed in Schedules IV (a) and V

(a) to these regulations in limited numbers specified by the

Competent Authority<

(1) The person requesting a permit for activities referred

to in regulations 43 and 44, hereinafter referred to as the applicant,

shall submit in writing an application to the Competent Authority prior

to carrying out such activities.

(2) In order to enable the Competent Authority to assess a

request for permission, the application>

(a) shall be accompanied by the relevant documents and

any other requisite information as specified and required by the

Competent Authority<

(b) shall indicate whether the application corresponds under

any one of the following criteria>

– are already proposed in an application for a permit,

clearance or licence made under the Environment Protection

Act or the Development Planning Act, which is still being

processed, amended, reconsidered or appealed in accordance

with any of the aforementioned Acts<

– would prejudice the merits of such processing,

reconsideration or appeal<

– would prejudice the merits of a request for any

clearance or licence required by the aforementioned Acts, or

would prejudice the merits of an appeal from a decision

thereon<

– are counter to the provisions of regulation 44<

– would prejudice any enforcement case, court case or

other cases currently sub-judice.

(1) The Competent Authority may amend, suspend or Supplementary

provisions.

revoke any permit and, or other such authorisation instruments for

activities that are consistent with these regulations.

(2) Whenever the Competent Authority issues a permit, it

may impose such conditions, as it may deem fit and appropriate.

(3) Whenever the Competent Authority refuses such

permission, it shall inform the applicant the reasons for such refusal.

(4) Without prejudice to any other obligations and

conditions laid down by the Competent Authority, a permit holder is

obliged to submit within a month from the expiry of the permit or at the

end of the calendar year, whichever is the earliest>

(a)

a detailed report of the activities undertaken<

(b) the aim and what field of work or activity was carried

out<

(c)

the methodology employed<

(d) the outcome and results achieved in connection with

the permit.

(5) A copy of any published results and other publications

relevant to this permit shall reach the Competent Authority within three

months from the date of publication.

(6) The period of validity of such permit shall also be

established at the discretion of the Competent Authority, provided that

the validity of the permit does not exceed one calendar year.

(7) The Competent Authority shall not issue or renew any

permit if the applicant in question has not fulfilled or honoured any of

the conditions or obligations arising from any other permit issued by

the Competent Authority under these regulations and, or the related

regulations.

(8) The Director may, on behalf of the Competent Authority,

in cases of emergency or grave danger, issue a temporary permit for

any of the activities mentioned in regulations 43 and 44, and in so doing

he may issue any such directives he may deem fit.

Details of persons, public entities and other institutions having

been granted a permit in connection with these regulations together

with the details of conditions imposed in such permissions shall be

maintained in a register available for public inspection or maintained in

electronic form.

(1) Where its disclosure affects one or more of the items

mentioned in the Freedom of Access to Information on the Environment

Regulations, 2005, the applicant may indicate the information in the

permit application submitted pursuant to these regulations that should

be treated as confidential. Verifiable justification must be given in such

cases.

(2) The Competent Authority shall decide, after consultation

with the applicant, which information shall be kept confidential and

shall inform the applicant of its decision.

(3)

In no case may the following information be kept

confidential>

(a)

the name and address of the applicant,

(b) the institution, if any, requiring the permit,

(c) the species, biotope, natural habitat, site, area or SAC

involved,

(d) the aim and purpose of the application,

(e)

the benefits arising from the permit,

(f) the possible impacts on local biodiversity, including the

species, biotope, natural habitat, or area involved,

(g) the evaluation of foreseeable effects, in particular any

harmful effects on the environment.

(4) The Competent Authority shall not divulge to third

parties any information decided to be confidential according to paragraph

(2), and shall protect intellectual property rights relating to the data

received.

(5) If, for whatever reasons, the applicant withdraws the

application, the Competent Authority must respect the confidentiality

of the information supplied.

Offences and

(1) Any person –

Penalties.

(a) who fails to observe the provisions of these regulations

or of any other lawful order given by virtue of any provision of

these regulations, or

(b) who infringes any restriction, prohibition or need

imposed by these regulations or by virtue thereof, or

(c) who fails to observe any condition of a permit or consent

granted under the provisions of these regulations, or

(d) who acts in contravention of any provision of these

regulations, or

(e) who makes a statement or presents information or

documentation, which such person knows to be false for the purpose

of obtaining the approval of a permit or derogation in line with

Part III, Part VI and, or regulation 43, or

(f) who conspires or attempts to conspire, aids or attempts

to aid, abets or attempts to abet, counsels or attempts to counsel,

procures or attempts to procure any other person to contravene the

provisions of these regulations, or to fail from complying with

any one of these provisions, including any lawful order given by

virtue of any provision of these regulations, or to infringe any

restriction, prohibition or need imposed by these regulations or by

virtue thereof<

shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations.

(2) Any person who commits, or attempts to commit an

offence against regulations 24, 25, 26, 28 and 29 of these regulations

shall, on conviction, be liable>-

(a) in the case of a first offence, a fine (multa) of not less

than Lm200 for each specimen, but not exceeding Lm1,000 for

each specimen<

(b) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, a fine

(multa) of not less than Lm500 for each specimen, but not

exceeding Lm2,000 for each specimen, or imprisonment for a

period not exceeding two years, or both such fine and

imprisonment>

Provided that any such fines do not together exceed the limits

imposed by the Act.

(3) Any person who commits or attempts to commit an

offence against regulations 19, 36, 43 and sub-regulation (3) of regulation

48 of these regulations shall, on conviction, be liable>-

(a) in the case of a first offence, a fine (multa) of not less

than Lm1,000 but not exceeding Lm 10,000<

(b) in the case of a second or subsequent offence, a fine

(multa) of not less than Lm2,000, but not exceeding Lm20,000, or

imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years, or both such

fine and imprisonment.

(4) Any person who commits or attempts to commit an

offence against regulation 14, shall on conviction be liable to a fine

(multa) of not less than Lm1,000 and not exceeding Lm25,000, and if

the offender persists in the offence for more than three months, also to

imprisonment for a term of not less than three months and not exceeding

two years, provided that the minimum fine (multa) to which an offender

is liable shall not be less than the value of any work carried out without

permit or in violations of any conditions to which such permit was

subject.

(5) The Court shall order the offender to remove the causes

of the offence and to undo anything which was done without a permit

within a time sufficient for the purpose, but in any case not exceeding

three months from the date of judgement, to be fixed by the Court< and,

if the offender fails to comply with any such order within the time so

fixed, he shall be liable to a fine (multa) of not less than Lm25 and not

more than Lm50, as the Court may fix, for every day that the default

continues after the expiration of the said time.

(6) Any person who has been found guilty of committing

an offence against these regulations shall also pay for the expenses

incurred for the keeping and transport of specimen, for remedying the

damage caused by the said infringement, and for any other expense

incurred or mitigation measures required to remedy such doings, damage

and infringement.

(7) The provisions of article 23 and sub-article (1) of article

30 of the Criminal Code shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to proceedings

in respect of offences against these regulations, so however that the

disqualification from holding or obtaining a licence, permit or authority

shall in no case be for less than one year.

(8) Notwithstanding the provisions of article 370 of the

Criminal Code, proceedings for an offence against these regulations Cap. 9.

shall be taken before the Court of Magistrates (Malta) or the Court of

Magistrates (Gozo), as the case may be, and shall be in accordance

with the provisions of the Criminal Code regulating the procedure before

the said courts as courts of criminal judicature.

(9) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Criminal Code,

the Attorney General shall always have a right of appeal to the Court of

Criminal Appeal from any judgement given by the Court of Magistrates

(Malta) or the Court of Magistrates (Gozo), in respect of proceedings

for any offence against these regulations.

PART XII

OTHER PROVISIONS

The provisions of these regulations shall not apply in cases Non-applicability of

of defence and national security, public safety and health, salvage these regulations.

operations and the investigation of offences.

The following regulations are hereby repealed>

Repeals of

L.N. 49 of 1993,

L.N. 167 of 2002

(a)

The Flora and Fauna (Protection) Regulations, 1993,

and L.N. 257 of

2003. (b) The Capture and Killing Methods (Prohibition)

Regulations, 2002,

(c) Flora, Fauna and Natural Habitats Protection

Regulations, 2003.

Schedule I

NATURAL HABITAT TYPES WHOSE CONSERVATION REQUIRES THE

DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL AREAS OF CONSERVATION

Interpretation

Guidance on the interpretation of habitat types is given in the 'Interpretation Manual of

European Union Habitats' published by the European Commission 1 .

The code corresponds to the Natura 2000 code.

The sign '*' indicates priority habitat types.

1. COASTAL AND HALOPHYTIC HABITATS

11. Open sea and tidal areas

Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time

* Posidonia beds (Posidonion oceanicae)

Estuaries

Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide

* Coastal lagoons

Large shallow inlets and bays

Reefs

Submarine structures made by leaking gases

12. Sea cliffs and shingle or stony beaches

Annual vegetation of drift lines

Perennial vegetation of stony banks

Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic Coasts

Vegetated sea cliffs of the Mediterranean coasts with endemic Limonium spp.

Vegetated sea cliffs with endemic flora of the Macaronesian coasts

13. Atlantic and continental salt marshes and salt meadows

Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand

Spartina swards (Spartinion maritimae)

"Interpretation Manual of European Union Habitats", version EUR 15/2” adopted by the Habitats Committee

on 4 October 1999 and "Amendments to the 'Interpretation Manual of European Union Habitats' with a view to

EU enlargement" (Hab. 01/11b-rev. 1) adopted by the Habitats Committee on 24 April 2002 after written

consultation, European Commission, DG ENV.

Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae)

* Inland salt meadows

14. Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic salt marshes and salt meadows

Mediterranean salt meadows (Juncetalia maritimi)

Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi)

Halo-nitrophilous scrubs (Pegano-Salsoletea)

15. Salt and gypsum inland steppes

* Mediterranean salt steppes (Limonietalia)

* Iberian gypsum vegetation (Gypsophiletalia)

* Pannonic salt steppes and salt marshes

16. Boreal Baltic archipelago, coastal and landupheaval areas

Baltic esker islands with sandy, rocky & shingle beach vegetation and sublittoral vegetation

Boreal Baltic islets and small islands

* Boreal Baltic coastal meadows

Boreal Baltic sandy beaches with perennial vegetation

Boreal Baltic narrow inlets

2. COASTAL SAND DUNES AND INLAND DUNES

21. Sea dunes of the Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic coasts

Embryonic shifting dunes

Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria ('white dunes')

* Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation ('grey dunes')

* Decalcified fixed dunes with Empetrum nigrum

* Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea)

Dunes with Hippophaë rhamnoides

Dunes with Salix repens ssp. argentea (Salicion arenariae)

Wooded dunes of the Atlantic, Continental and Boreal region

Humid dune slacks

Machairs (* in Ireland)

22. Sea dunes of the Mediterranean coast

Crucianellion maritimae fixed beach dunes

Dunes with Euphorbia terracina

Malcolmietalia dune grasslands

Brachypodietalia dune grasslands with annuals

* Coastal dunes with Juniperus spp.

Cisto-Lavenduletalia dune sclerophyllous scrubs

* Wooded dunes with Pinus pinea and/or Pinus pinaster

23. Inland dunes, old and decalcified

Dry sand heaths with Calluna and Genista

Dry sand heaths with Calluna and Empetrum nigrum

Inland dunes with open Corynephorus and Agrostis grasslands

* Pannonic inland dunes

3. FRESHWATER HABITATS

31. Standing water

Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals of sandy plains

(Littorelletalia uniflorae)

Oligotrophic waters containing very few minerals generally on sandy soils of the West Mediterranean,

with Isoetes spp.

Oligotrophic to mesotrophic standing waters with vegetation of the

Littorelletea uniflorae and/or of the Isoëto-Nanojuncetea

Hard oligo-mesotrophic waters with benthic vegetation of Chara spp.

Natural eutrophic lakes with Magnopotamion or Hydrocharition-type vegetation

Natural dystrophic lakes and ponds

* Mediterranean temporary ponds

* Turloughs

Lakes of gypsum karst

* Transylvanian hot-spring lotus beds

32. Running water – sections of water courses with natural or semi-natural dynamics (minor,

average and major beds) where the water quality shows no significant deterioration

Fennoscandian natural rivers

Alpine rivers and the herbaceous vegetation along their banks

Alpine rivers and their ligneous vegetation with Myricaria germanica

Alpine rivers and their ligneous vegetation with Salix elaeagnos

Constantly flowing Mediterranean rivers with Glaucium flavum

Water courses of plain to montane levels with the Ranunculion fluitantis and Callitricho-Batrachion

vegetation

Rivers with muddy banks with Chenopodion rubri p.p. and Bidention p.p. vegetation

Constantly flowing Mediterranean rivers with Paspalo-Agrostidion species and hanging curtains of

Salix and Populus alba

Intermittently flowing Mediterranean rivers of the Paspalo-Agrostidion

4. TEMPERATE HEATH AND SCRUB

Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix

* Temperate Atlantic wet heaths with Erica ciliaris and Erica tetralix

European dry heaths

* Dry Atlantic coastal heaths with Erica vagans

* Endemic macaronesian heaths

Alpine and Boreal heaths

* Bushes with Pinus mugo and Rhododendron hirsutum (Mugo- Rhododendretum hirsuti)

Sub-Arctic Salix spp. Scrub

Endemic oro-Mediterranean heaths with gorse

* Subcontinental peri-Pannonic scrub

5. SCLEROPHYLLOUS SCRUB (MATORRAL)

51. Sub-Mediterranean and temperate scrub

Stable xerothermophilous formations with Buxus sempervirens on rock slopes (Berberidion p.p.)

Mountain Cytisus purgans formations

Juniperus communis formations on heaths or calcareous grasslands

* Cistus palhinhae formations on maritime wet heaths

Mediterranean arborescent matorral

Arborescent matorral with Juniperus spp.

* Arborescent matorral with Zyziphus

* Arborescent matorral with Laurus nobilis

Thermo-Mediterranean and pre-steppe brush

Laurus nobilis thickets

Low formations of Euphorbia close to cliffs

Thermo-Mediterranean and pre-desert scrub (including formations with Euphorbia dendroides,

Euphorbia melitensis, Chamaerops humilis, Periploca angustifolia and Ampelodesma mauritanica)

Phrygana

West Mediterranean cliff-top phryganas (Astragalo-Plantaginetum subulatae)

Sarcopoterium spinosum phryganas

Endemic phryganas of the Euphorbio-Verbascion

6. NATURAL AND SEMI-NATURAL GRASSLAND FORMATIONS

Natural grasslands

* Rupicolous calcareous or basophilic grasslands of the Alysso-Sedion

albi

* Xeric sand calcareous grasslands

Calaminarian grasslands of the Violetalia calaminariae

Siliceous Pyrenean Festuca eskia grasslands

Siliceous alpine and boreal grasslands

Oro-Iberian Festuca indigesta grasslands

Alpine and subalpine calcareous grasslands

Macaronesian mesophile grasslands

Rupicolous pannonic grasslands (Stipo-Festucetalia pallentis)

Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies

Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia) (*

important orchid sites)

* Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the Thero-Brachypodietea

* Species-rich Nardus grasslands, on silicious substrates in mountain areas (and submountain areas in

Continental Europe)

* Sub-Pannonic steppic grasslands

* Pannonic loess steppic grasslands

* Pannonic sand steppes

* Fennoscandian lowland species-rich dry to mesic grasslands

* Nordic alvar and precambrian calcareous flatrocks

Eastern sub-Mediterranean dry grasslands (Scorzoneratalia villosae)

* Serpentinophilous grassland of Cyprus

Sclerophillous grazed forests (dehesas)

Dehesas with evergreen Quercus spp.

Semi-natural tall-herb humid meadows

Molinia meadows on calcareous, peaty or clayey-silt-laden soils

(Molinion caeruleae)

Mediterranean tall humid grasslands of the Molinio-Holoschoenion

Hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities of plains and of the montane

to alpine levels

Alluvial meadows of river valleys of the Cnidion dubii

Northern boreal alluvial meadows

Peat grasslands of Troodos

Mesophile grasslands

Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis)

Mountain hay meadows

* Fennoscandian wooded meadows

7. RAISED BOGS AND MIRES AND FENS

Sphagnum acid bogs

* Active raised bogs

Degraded raised bogs still capable of natural regeneration

Blanket bogs (* if active bog)

Transition mires and quaking bogs

Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion

Fennoscandian mineral-rich springs and springfens

Calcareous fens

* Calcareous fens with Cladium mariscus and species of the Caricion davallianae

* Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion)

Alkaline fens

* Alpine pioneer formations of the Caricion bicoloris-atrofuscae

Boreal mires

* Aapa mires

* Palsa mires

8. ROCKY HABITATS AND CAVES

Scree

Siliceous scree of the montane to snow levels (Androsacetalia alpinae and Galeopsietalia ladani)

Calcareous and calcshist screes of the montane to alpine levels (Thlaspietea rotundifolii)

Western Mediterranean and thermophilous scree

Eastern Mediterranean screes

Medio-European upland siliceous screes

* Medio-European calcareous scree of hill and montane levels

Rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation

Calcareous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation (including the Maltese Rdum, Cliff, Scree,

Boulder and Cliff Plateau Communities)

Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation

Siliceous rock with pioneer vegetation of the Sedo-Scleranthion or of the Sedo albi-Veronicion dillenii

* Limestone pavements

Other rocky habitats

Caves not open to the public

Fields of lava and natural excavations

Submerged or partially submerged sea caves

Permanent glaciers

9. FORESTS

(Sub) natural woodland vegetation comprising native species forming forests of tall trees, with typical

undergrowth, and meeting the following criteria: rare or residual, and/or hosting species of National

Importance and of Importance to the Agreement States.

Forests of Boreal Europe

* Western Taïga

* Fennoscandian hemiboreal natural old broad-leaved deciduous forests (Quercus, Tilia, Acer,

Fraxinus or Ulmus) rich in epiphytes

* Natural forests of primary succession stages of landupheaval coast

Nordic subalpine/subarctic forests with Betula pubescens ssp. Czerepanovii

Fennoscandian herb-rich forests with Picea abies

Coniferous forests on, or connected to, glaciofluvial eskers

Fennoscandian wooded pastures

* Fennoscandian deciduous swamp woods

Forests of Temperate Europe

Luzulo-Fagetum beech forests

Atlantic acidophilous beech forests with Ilex and sometimes also Taxus in the shrublayer (Quercion

robori-petraeae or Ilici-Fagenion)

Asperulo-Fagetum beech forests

Medio-European subalpine beech woods with Acer and Rumex arifolius

Medio-European limestone beech forests of the Cephalanthero-Fagion

Sub-Atlantic and medio-European oak or oak-hornbeam forests of the Carpinion betuli

Galio-Carpinetum oak-hornbeam forests

* Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines

Old acidophilous oak woods with Quercus robur on sandy plains

Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in the British Isles

Thermophilous Fraxinus angustifolia woods

* Caledonian forest

* Bog woodland

* Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion

albae)

Riparian mixed forests of Quercus robur, Ulmus laevis and Ulmus minor, Fraxinus excelsior or

Fraxinus angustifolia, along the great rivers (Ulmenion minoris)

* Pannonic woods with Quercus petraea and Carpinus betulus

* Pannonian woods with Quercus pubescens

* Euro-Siberian steppic woods with Quercus spp.

* Taxus baccata woods of the British Isles

Illyrian Fagus sylvatica forests (Aremonio-Fagion)

Illyrian oak-hornbeam forests (Erythronio-carpinion)

Pannonian-Balkanic turkey oak –sessile oak forests

* Pannonic inland sand dune thicket (Junipero-Populetum albae)

Holy Cross fir forest (Abietetum polonicum)

Western Carpathian calcicolous Pinus sylvestris forests

Dinaric dolomite Scots pine forests (Genisto januensis-Pinetum)

Central European lichen Scots pine forests

Sarmatic steppe pine forest

Dacian Beech forests (Symphyto-Fagion)

Mediterranean deciduous forests

* Apeninne beech forests with Taxus and Ilex

* Apennine beech forests with Abies alba and beech forests with Abies nebrodensis

Galicio-Portuguese oak woods with Quercus robur and Quercus pyrenaica

Quercus faginea and Quercus canariensis Iberian woods

Quercus trojana woods

Castanea sativa woods

Hellenic beech forests with Abies borisii-regis

Quercus frainetto woods

Cupressus forests (Acero-Cupression)

Salix alba and Populus alba galleries

Riparian formations on intermittent Mediterranean water courses with Rhododendron ponticum, Salix

and others

Platanus orientalis and Liquidambar orientalis woods (Platanion orientalis)

Southern riparian galleries and thickets (Nerio-Tamaricetea and Securinegion tinctoriae)

Mediterranean sclerophyllous forests

Aegean Quercus brachyphylla woods

Olea and Ceratonia forests

Quercus suber forests

Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia forests (including Maltese forest remnants)

Quercus macrolepis forests

* Macaronesian laurel forests (Laurus, Ocotea)

* Palm groves of Phoenix

Forests of Ilex aquifolium

* Scrub and low forest vegetation with Quercus alnifolia

Woodlands with Quercus infectoria (Anagyro foetidae-Quercetum infectoriae)

Temperate mountainous coniferous forests

Acidophilous Picea forests of the montane to alpine levels (Vaccinio- Piceetea)

Alpine Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra forests

Subalpine and montane Pinus uncinata forests (* if on gypsum or limestone)

Mediterranean and Macaronesian mountainous coniferous forests

* Southern Apennine Abies alba forests

Abies pinsapo forests

* (Sub-) Mediterranean pine forests with endemic black pines

Mediterranean pine forests with endemic Mesogean pines

Canarian endemic pine forests

* Endemic forests with Juniperus spp.

* Tetraclinis articulata forests, including MalteseTetraclinis articulata maquis

* Mediterranean Taxus baccata woods

* Cedrus brevifolia forests (Cedrosetum brevifoliae)

Schedule II

ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES OF COMMUNITY INTEREST WHOSE

CONSERVATION REQUIRES THE DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL AREAS OF

CONSERVATION

Interpretation

(a) Schedule II follows on from Schedule I for the establishment of a consistent network of special

areas of conservation of international importance.

(b) The species listed in this Schedule are indicated

by the Scientific name of the species or subspecies, accompanied, where available, by

Maltese and English vernacular names of the said species or subspecies, or

by all the species belonging to a higher taxon or to a designated part of that taxon.

Where required, scientific synonyms of each species or lower taxon are included in square

brackets after the scientific name. These are included to facilitate interpretation of the

scientific information provided.

Other references to taxa higher than genus and/or species are for the purposes of information

or classification only.

(c) A number of scientific names are followed by the abbreviations ‘auct. fl. Melit.’ which refers to

the scientific name(s) with which that particular taxon is and/or was recorded in Maltese

biodiversity literature; this scientific name is also of legal value, since in some cases, it represents

the only reference to species whose proper scientific identification is still uncertain.

(d) Symbols and Abbreviations

An asterisk (*) before the name of a species or subspecies indicates that it is a priority

species.

The abbreviation 'spp.' after the name of a family or genus designates all the species

belonging to that family or genus.

The abbreviation "(s.l.)", meaning ‘sensu lato’ is used to indicate that the scientific name is

used in its most extended meaning.

Most species listed in this schedule are also listed in Schedule V. Where a species appears in

this Schedule but does not appear in either Schedule V or Schedule VII, the species name is

followed by the symbol (o); where a species which appears in this schedule also appears in

schedule V but does not appear in schedule VII, its name is followed by the symbol (V).

(a) Animals

VERTEBRATES

MAMMALS

INSECTIVORA

Talpidae

Galemys pyrenaicus

CHIROPTERA

Rhinolophidae

Rhinolophus blasii

Rhinolophus euryale

Rhinolophus ferrumequinum

Rhinolophus hipposideros

Rhinolophus mehelyi

Vespertilionidae

Barbastella barbastellus

Miniopterus schreibersi

Myotis bechsteini

Myotis blythii

Myotis capaccinii

Myotis dasycneme

Myotis emarginatus

Myotis myotis

Pteropodidae

Rousettus aegyptiacus

RODENTIA

Sciuridae

* Marmota marmota latirostris

* Pteromys volans (Sciuropterus russicus)

Spermophilus citellus (Citellus citellus)

* Spermophilus suslicus (Citellus suslicus)

Castoridae

Castor fiber (except the Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Finnish and Swedish populations)

Microtidae

Microtus cabrerae

* Microtus oeconomus arenicola

* Microtus oeconomus mehelyi

Microtus tatricus

Zapodidae

Sicista subtilis

CARNIVORA

Canidae

* Alopex lagopus

* Canis lupus (except the Estonian population; Greek populations: only south of the 39th parallel;

Spanish populations: only those south of the Duero; Latvian, Lithuanian and Finnish populations).

Ursidae

* Ursus arctos (except the Estonian, Finnish, and Swedish populations)

Mustelidae

* Gulo gulo

Lutra lutra

Mustela eversmannii

* Mustela lutreola

Felidae

Lynx lynx (except the Estonian, Latvian and Finnish populations)

* Lynx pardinus

Phocidae

Halichoerus grypus (V)

* Monachus monachus

Phoca hispida bottnica (V)

* Phoca hispida saimensis

Phoca vitulina (V)

ARTIODACTYLA

Cervidae

* Cervus elaphus corsicanus

Rangifer tarandus fennicus (o)

Bovidae

* Bison bonasus

Capra aegagrus (natural populations)

* Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica

Ovis gmelini musimon (Ovis ammon musimon) (natural populations - Corsica and Sardinia)

Ovis orientalis ophion (Ovis gmelini ophion)

* Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata (Rupicapra rupicapra ornata)

Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica

* Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica

CETACEA

Phocoena phocoena

Tursiops truncatus

REPTILES

CHELONIA (TESTUDINES)

Testudinidae

Testudo graeca

Testudo hermanni

Testudo marginata

Cheloniidae

* Caretta caretta

* Chelonia mydas

Emydidae

Emys orbicularis

Mauremys caspica

Mauremys leprosa

SAURIA

Lacertidae

Lacerta bonnali (Lacerta monticola)

Lacerta monticola

Lacerta schreiberi

Gallotia galloti insulanagae

* Gallotia simonyi

Podarcis lilfordi

Podarcis pityusensis

Scincidae

Chalcides simonyi (Chalcides occidentalis)

Gekkonidae

Phyllodactylus europaeus

OPHIDIA (SERPENTES)

Colubridae

* Coluber cypriensis

Elaphe quatuorlineata

Elaphe situla

* Natrix natrix cypriaca

Viperidae

* Macrovipera schweizeri (Vipera lebetina schweizeri)

Vipera ursinii (except Vipera ursinii rakosiensis)

* Vipera ursinii rakosiensis

AMPHIBIANS

CAUDATA

Salamandridae

Chioglossa lusitanica

Mertensiella luschani (Salamandra luschani)

* Salamandra aurorae (Salamandra atra aurorae)

Salamandrina terdigitata

Triturus carnifex (Triturus cristatus carnifex)

Triturus cristatus (Triturus cristatus cristatus)

Triturus dobrogicus (Triturus cristatus dobrogicus)

Triturus karelinii (Triturus cristatus karelinii)

Triturus montandoni

Proteidae

* Proteus anguinus

Plethodontidae

Hydromantes (Speleomantes) ambrosii

Hydromantes (Speleomantes) flavus

Hydromantes (Speleomantes) genei

Hydromantes (Speleomantes) imperialis

Hydromantes (Speleomantes) strinatii

Hydromantes (Speleomantes) supramontes

ANURA

Discoglossidae

* Alytes muletensis

Bombina bombina

Bombina variegata

Discoglossus galganoi (including Discoglossus ‘jeanneae’)

Discoglossus montalentii

Discoglossus sardus

Ranidae

Rana latastei

Pelobatidae

* Pelobates fuscus insubricus

FISH

PETROMYZONIFORMES

Petromyzonidae

Eudontomyzon spp. (o)

Lampetra fluviatilis (V) (except the Finnish and Swedish populations)

Lampetra planeri (o) (except the Estonian, Finnish, and Swedish populations)

Lethenteron zanandreai (V)

Petromyzon marinus (o) (except the Swedish populations)

ACIPENSERIFORMES

Acipenseridae

* Acipenser naccarii

* Acipenser sturio

CLUPEIFORMES

Clupeidae

Alosa spp. (V)

SALMONIFORMES

Salmonidae

Hucho hucho (natural populations) (V)

Salmo macrostigma (o)

Salmo marmoratus (o)

Salmo salar (only in freshwater) (V) (except the Finnish populations)

Coregonidae

* Coregonus oxyrhynchus (anadromous populations in certain sectors of the North Sea)

Umbridae

Umbra krameri (o)

CYPRINIFORMES

Cyprinidae

Alburnus albidus (o) (Alburnus vulturius)

Anaecypris hispanica

Aspius aspius (V) (except the Finnish populations)

Barbus comiza (V)

Barbus meridionalis (V)

Barbus plebejus (V)

Chalcalburnus chalcoides (o)

Chondrostoma genei (o)

Chondrostoma lusitanicum (o)

Chondrostoma polylepis (o) (including C. willkommi)

Chondrostoma soetta (o)

Chondrostoma toxostoma (o)

Gobio albipinnatus (o)

Gobio kessleri (o)

Gobio uranoscopus (o)

Iberocypris palaciosi (o)

* Ladigesocypris ghigii (o)

Leuciscus lucumonis (o)

Leuciscus souffia (o)

Pelecus cultratus (V)

Phoxinellus spp. (o)

* Phoxinus percnurus

Rhodeus sericeus amarus (o)

Rutilus pigus (V)

Rutilus rubilio (o)

Rutilus arcasii (o)

Rutilus macrolepidotus (o)

Rutilus lemmingii (o)

Rutilus frisii meidingeri (V)

Rutilus alburnoides (o)

Scardinius graecus (o)

Cobitidae

Cobitis elongata (o)

Cobitis taenia (o) (except the Finnish populations)

Cobitis trichonica (o)

Misgurnus fossilis (o)

Sabanejewia aurata (o)

Sabanejewia larvata (o) (Cobitis larvata and Cobitis conspersa)

SILURIFORMES

Siluridae

Silurus aristotelis (V)

ATHERINIFORMES

Cyprinodontidae

Aphanius iberus (o)

Aphanius fasciatus (o)

* Valencia hispanica

* Valencia letourneuxi (Valencia hispanica)

PERCIFORMES

Percidae

Gymnocephalus baloni

Gymnocephalus schraetzer (V)

Zingel spp. ((o) except Zingel asper and Zingel zingel (V))

Gobiidae

Knipowitschia (Padogobius) panizzae (o)

Padogobius nigricans (o)

Pomatoschistus canestrini (o)

SCORPAENIFORMES

Cottidae

Cottus gobio (o) (except the Finnish populations)

Cottus petiti (o)

INVERTEBRATES

ARTHROPODS

CRUSTACEA

DECAPODA

Austropotamobius pallipes (V)

* Austropotamobius torrentium (V)

ISOPOSA

* Armadillidium ghardalamensis

INSECTA

COLEOPTERA

Agathidium pulchellum (o)

Bolbelasmus unicornis

Boros schneideri (o)

Buprestis splendens

Carabus hampei

Carabus hungaricus

* Carabus menetriesi pacholei

* Carabus olympiae

Carabus variolosus

Carabus zawadszkii

Cerambyx cerdo

Corticaria planula (o)

Cucujus cinnaberinus

Dorcadion fulvum cervae

Duvalius gebhardti

Duvalius hungaricus

Dytiscus latissimus

Graphoderus bilineatus

Leptodirus hochenwarti

Limoniscus violaceus (o)

Lucanus cervus (o)

Macroplea pubipennis (o)

Mesosa myops (o)

Morimus funereus (o)

* Osmoderma eremita

Oxyporus mannerheimii (o)

Pilemia tigrina

* Phryganophilus ruficollis

Probaticus subrugosus

Propomacrus cypriacus

* Pseudogaurotina excellens

Pseudoseriscius cameroni

Pytho kolwensis

Rhysodes sulcatus (o)

* Rosalia alpina

Stephanopachys linearis (o)

Stephanopachys substriatus (o)

Xyletinus tremulicola (o)

HEMIPTERA

Aradus angularis (o)

LEPIDOPTERA

Agriades glandon aquilo (o)

Arytrura musculus

* Callimorpha (Euplagia, Panaxia) quadripunctaria (o)

Catopta thrips

Chondrosoma fiduciarium

Clossiana improba (o)

Coenonympha oedippus

Colias myrmidone

Cucullia mixta

Dioszeghyana schmidtii

Erannis ankeraria

Erebia calcaria

Erebia christi

Erebia medusa polaris (o)

Eriogaster catax

Euphydryas (Eurodryas, Hypodryas) aurinia (o)

Glyphipterix loricatella

Gortyna borelii lunata

Graellsia isabellae (V)

Hesperia comma catena (o)

Hypodryas maturna

Leptidea morsei

Lignyoptera fumidaria

Lycaena dispar

Lycaena helle

Maculinea nausithous

Maculinea teleius

Melanargia arge

* Nymphalis vaualbum

Papilio hospiton

Phyllometra culminaria

Plebicula golgus

Polymixis rufocincta isolata

Polyommatus eroides

Xestia borealis (o)

Xestia brunneopicta (o)

* Xylomoia strix

Mantodea

Apteromantis aptera

ODONATA

Coenagrion hylas (o)

Coenagrion mercuriale (o)

Coenagrion ornatum (o)

Cordulegaster heros

Cordulegaster trinacriae

Gomphus graslinii

Leucorrhinia pectoralis

Lindenia tetraphylla

Macromia splendens

Ophiogomphus cecilia

Oxygastra curtisii

ORTHOPTERA

Baetica ustulata

Brachytrupes megacephalus

Isophya costata

Isophya stysi

Myrmecophilus baronii

Odontopodisma rubripes

Paracaloptenus caloptenoides

Pholidoptera transsylvanica

Stenobothrus (Stenobothrodes) eurasius

ARACHNIDA

Pseudoscorpiones

Anthrenochernes stellae (o)

MOLLUSCS

GASTROPODA

Anisus vorticulus

Caseolus calculus

Caseolus commixta

Caseolus sphaerula

Chilostoma banaticum

Discula leacockiana

Discula tabellata

Discus guerinianus

Elona quimperiana

Geomalacus maculosus

Geomitra moniziana

Gibbula nivosa

* Helicopsis striata austriaca (o)

Hygromia kovacsi

Idiomela (Helix) subplicata

Lampedusa imitatrix

* Lampedusa melitensis

Leiostyla abbreviata

Leiostyla cassida

Leiostyla corneocostata

Leiostyla gibba

Leiostyla lamellosa

* Paladilhia hungarica

Sadleriana pannonica

Theodoxus transversalis

Vertigo angustior (o)

Vertigo genesii (o)

Vertigo geyeri (o)

Vertigo moulinsiana (o)

BIVALVIA

Unionoida

Margaritifera durrovensis (Margaritifera margaritifera) (V)

Margaritifera margaritifera (V)

Unio crassus

Dreissenidae

Congeria kusceri

(b) PLANTS

PTERIDOPHYTA

Aspleniaceae

Asplenium jahandiezii (Litard.) Rouy

Asplenium adulterinum Milde

Blechnaceae

Woodwardia radicans (L.) Sm.

Dicksoniaceae

Culcita macrocarpa C. Presl

Dryopteridaceae

Diplazium sibiricum (Turcz. ex Kunze) Kurata

* Dryopteris corleyi Fraser-Jenk.

Dryopteris fragans (L.) Schott

Hymenophyllaceae

Trichomanes speciosum Willd.

Isoetaceae

Isoetes boryana Durieu

Isoetes malinverniana Ces. & De Not.

Marsileaceae

Marsilea batardae Launert

Marsilea quadrifolia L.

Marsilea strigosa Willd.

Ophioglossaceae

Botrychium simplex Hitchc.

Ophioglossum polyphyllum A. Braun

PINOPHYTA

Pinaceae

* Abies nebrodensis (Lojac.) Mattei

MAGNOLIOPHYTA

Alismataceae

* Alisma wahlenbergii (Holmberg) Juz.

Caldesia parnassifolia (L.) Parl.

Luronium natans (L.) Raf.

Amaryllidaceae

Leucojum nicaeense Ard.

Narcissus asturiensis (Jordan) Pugsley

Narcissus calcicola Mendonça

Narcissus cyclamineus DC.

Narcissus fernandesii G. Pedro

Narcissus humilis (Cav.) Traub

* Narcissus nevadensis Pugsley

Narcissus pseudonarcissus L. subsp. nobilis (Haw.) A. Fernandes

Narcissus scaberulus Henriq.

Narcissus triandrus L. subsp. capax (Salisb.) D. A. Webb.

Narcissus viridiflorus Schousboe

Asclepiadaceae

Vincetoxicum pannonicum (Borhidi) Holub

Boraginaceae

* Anchusa crispa Viv.

Echium russicum J.F.Gemlin

* Lithodora nitida (H. Ern) R. Fernandes

Myosotis lusitanica Schuster

Myosotis rehsteineri Wartm.

Myosotis retusifolia R. Afonso

Omphalodes kuzinskyanae Willk.

* Omphalodes littoralis Lehm.

* Onosma tornensis Javorka

Solenanthus albanicus (Degen & al.) Degen & Baldacci

* Symphytum cycladense Pawl.

Campanulaceae

Adenophora lilifolia (L.) Ledeb.

Asyneuma giganteum (Boiss.) Bornm.

* Campanula bohemica Hruby

* Campanula gelida Kovanda

* Campanula sabatia De Not.

* Campanula serrata (Kit.) Hendrych

Campanula zoysii Wulfen

Jasione crispa (Pourret) Samp. subsp. serpentinica Pinto da Silva

Jasione lusitanica A. DC.

Caryophyllaceae

Arenaria ciliata L. subsp. pseudofrigida Ostenf. & O.C. Dahl

Arenaria humifusa Wahlenberg

* Arenaria nevadensis Boiss. & Reuter

Arenaria provincialis Chater & Halliday

* Cerastium alsinifolium Tausch

Cerastium dinaricum G.Beck & Szysz.

Dianthus arenarius L. subsp. arenarius

* Dianthus arenarius subsp. bohemicus (Novak) O.Schwarz

Dianthus cintranus Boiss. & Reuter subsp. cintranus Boiss. & Reuter

* Dianthus diutinus Kit.

* Dianthus lumnitzeri Wiesb.

Dianthus marizii (Samp.) Samp.

* Dianthus moravicus Kovanda

* Dianthus nitidus Waldst. et Kit.

Dianthus plumarius subsp. regis-stephani (Rapcs.) Baksay

Dianthus rupicola Biv.

* Gypsophila papillosa P. Porta

Herniaria algarvica Chaudhri

* Herniaria latifolia Lapeyr. subsp. litardierei Gamis

Herniaria lusitanica (Chaudhri) subsp. berlengiana Chaudhri

Herniaria maritima Link

* Minuartia smejkalii Dvorakova

Moehringia lateriflora (L.) Fenzl.

Moehringia tommasinii Marches.

Moehringia villosa (Wulfen) Fenzl

Petrocoptis grandiflora Rothm.

Petrocoptis montsicciana O. Bolos & Rivas Mart.

Petrocoptis pseudoviscosa Fernandez Casas

Silene furcata Rafin. subsp. angustiflora (Rupr.) Walters

* Silene hicesiae Brullo & Signorello

Silene hifacensis Rouy ex Willk.

* Silene holzmanii Heldr. ex Boiss.

Silene longicilia (Brot.) Otth.

Silene mariana Pau

* Silene orphanidis Boiss

* Silene rothmaleri Pinto da Silva

* Silene velutina Pourret ex Loisel.

Chenopodiaceae

* Bassia (Kochia) saxicola (Guss.) A. J. Scott

* Cremnophyton lanfrancoi Brullo et Pavone

* Salicornia veneta Pignatti & Lausi

Cistaceae

Cistus palhinhae Ingram

Halimium verticillatum (Brot.) Sennen

Helianthemum alypoides Losa & Rivas Goday

Helianthemum caput-felis Boiss.

* Tuberaria major (Willk.) Pinto da Silva & Rozeira

Asteraceae (= Compositae)

* Anthemis glaberrima (Rech. f.) Greuter

Artemisia campestris L. subsp. bottnica A.N. Lundström ex Kindb.

* Artemisia granatensis Boiss.

* Artemisia laciniata Willd.

Artemisia oelandica (Besser) Komaror

* Artemisia pancicii (Janka) Ronn.

* Aster pyrenaeus Desf. ex DC

* Aster sorrentinii (Tod) Lojac.

Carlina onopordifolia Besser

* Carduus myriacanthus Salzm. ex DC.

* Centaurea alba L. subsp. heldreichii (Halacsy) Dostal

* Centaurea alba L. subsp. princeps (Boiss. & Heldr.) Gugler

* Centaurea akamantis T. Georgiadis & G. Chatzikyriakou

* Centaurea attica Nyman subsp. megarensis (Halacsy & Hayek) Dostal

* Centaurea balearica J. D. Rodriguez

* Centaurea borjae Valdes-Berm. & Rivas Goday

* Centaurea citricolor Font Quer

Centaurea corymbosa Pourret

Centaurea gadorensis G. Blanca

* Centaurea horrida Badaro

* Centaurea kalambakensis Freyn & Sint.

Centaurea kartschiana Scop.

* Centaurea lactiflora Halacsy

Centaurea micrantha Hoffmanns. & Link subsp. herminii (Rouy) Dostál

* Centaurea niederi Heldr.

* Centaurea peucedanifolia Boiss. & Orph.

* Centaurea pinnata Pau

Centaurea pulvinata (G. Blanca) G. Blanca

Centaurea rothmalerana (Arènes) Dostál

Centaurea vicentina Mariz

Cirsium brachycephalum Juratzka

* Crepis crocifolia Boiss. & Heldr.

Crepis granatensis (Willk.) B. Blanca & M. Cueto

Crepis pusilla (Sommier) Merxmüller

Crepis tectorum L. subsp. nigrescens

Erigeron frigidus Boiss. ex DC.

* Helichrysum melitense (Pignatti) Brullo et al

Hymenostemma pseudanthemis (Kunze) Willd.

Hyoseris frutescens Brullo et Pavone

* Jurinea cyanoides (L.) Reichenb.

* Jurinea fontqueri Cuatrec.

* Lamyropsis microcephala (Moris) Dittrich& Greuter

Leontodon microcephalus (Boiss. ex DC.) Boiss.

Leontodon boryi Boiss.

* Leontodon siculus (Guss.) Finch& Sell

Leuzea longifolia Hoffmanns. & Link

Ligularia sibirica (L.) Cass.

* Palaeocyanus crassifolius (Bertoloni) Dostal

Santolina impressa Hoffmanns. & Link

Santolina semidentata Hoffmanns. & Link

Saussurea alpina subsp. esthonica (Baer ex Rupr) Kupffer

* Senecio elodes Boiss. ex DC.

Senecio jacobea L. subsp. gotlandicus (Neuman) Sterner

Senecio nevadensis Boiss. & Reuter

* Serratula lycopifolia (Vill.) A. Kern

Tephroseris longifolia (Jacq.) Griseb et Schenk subsp. moravica

Convolvulaceae

* Convolvulus argyrothamnus Greuter

* Convolvulus fernandesii Pinto da Silva & Teles

Brassicaceae (= Cruciferae)

Alyssum pyrenaicum Lapeyr.

* Arabis kennedyae Meikle

Arabis sadina (Samp.) P. Cout.

Arabis scopoliana Boiss

* Biscutella neustriaca Bonnet

Biscutella vincentina (Samp.) Rothm.

Boleum asperum (Pers.) Desvaux

Brassica glabrescens Poldini

Brassica hilarionis Post

Brassica insularis Moris

* Brassica macrocarpa Guss.

Braya linearis Rouy

* Cochlearia polonica E. Fröhlich

* Cochlearia tatrae Borbas

* Coincya rupestris Rouy

* Coronopus navasii Pau

Crambe tataria Sebeok

Diplotaxis ibicensis (Pau) Gomez-Campo

* Diplotaxis siettiana Maire

Diplotaxis vicentina (P. Cout.) Rothm.

Draba cacuminum Elis Ekman

Draba cinerea Adams

Erucastrum palustre (Pirona) Vis.

* Erysimum pieninicum (Zapal.) Pawl.

* Iberis arbuscula Runemark

Iberis procumbens Lange subsp. microcarpa Franco & Pinto da Silva

* Jonopsidium acaule (Desf.) Reichenb.

Jonopsidium savianum (Caruel) Ball ex Arcang.

Rhynchosinapis erucastrum (L.) Dandy ex Clapham subsp. cintrana(Coutinho) Franco & P. Silva

(Coincya cintrana (P. Cout.) Pinto da Silva)

Sisymbrium cavanillesianum Valdes & Castroviejo

Sisymbrium supinum L.

Thlaspi jankae A. Kern.

Cyperaceae

Carex holostoma Drejer

* Carex panormitana Guss.

Eleocharis carniolica Koch

Dioscoreaceae

* Borderea chouardii (Gaussen) Heslot

Droseraceae

Aldrovanda vesiculosa L.

Elatinaceae

Elatine gussonei (Sommier) Brullo et al

Ericaceae

Rhododendron luteum Sweet

Euphorbiaceae

* Euphorbia margalidiana Kuhbier & Lewejohann

Eurphorbia transtagana Boiss.

Gentianaceae

* Centaurium rigualii Esteve

* Centaurium somedanum Lainz

Gentiana ligustica R. de Vilm. & Chopinet

Gentianella anglica (Pugsley) E. F. Warburg

* Gentianella bohemica Skalicky

Geraniaceae

* Erodium astragaloides Boiss. & Reuter

Erodium paularense Fernandez-Gonzalez & Izco

* Erodium rupicola Boiss.

Globulariaceae

* Globularia stygia Orph. ex Boiss.

Gramineae

Arctagrostis latifolia (R. Br.) Griseb.

Arctophila fulva (Trin.) N. J. Anderson

Avenula hackelii (Henriq.) Holub

Bromus grossus Desf. ex DC.

Calamagrostis chalybaea (Laest.) Fries

Cinna latifolia (Trev.) Griseb.

Coleanthus subtilis (Tratt.) Seidl

Festuca brigantina (Markgr.-Dannenb.) Markgr.-Dannenb.

Festuca duriotagana Franco & R. Afonso

Festuca elegans Boiss.

Festuca henriquesii Hack.

Festuca summilusitana Franco & R. Afonso

Gaudinia hispanica Stace & Tutin

Holcus setiglumis Boiss. & Reuter subsp. duriensis Pinto da Silva

Micropyropsis tuberosa Romero - Zarco & Cabezudo

* Poa riphaea (Ascher et Graebner) Fritsch

Pseudarrhenatherum pallens (Link) J. Holub

Puccinellia phryganodes (Trin.) Scribner + Merr.

Puccinellia pungens (Pau) Paunero

* Stipa austroitalica Martinovsky

* Stipa bavarica Martinovsky & H. Scholz

* Stipa styriaca Martinovsky

* Stipa veneta Moraldo

* Stipa zalesskii Wilensky

Trisetum subalpestre (Hartman) Neuman

Grossulariaceae

* Ribes sardoum Martelli

Hippuridaceae

Hippuris tetraphylla L. Fil.

Hypericaceae

* Hypericum aciferum (Greuter) N.K.B. Robson

Iridaceae

Crocus cyprius Boiss. et Kotschy

Crocus hartmannianus Holmboe

Gladiolus palustris Gaud.

Iris aphylla L. subsp. hungarica Hegi

Iris humilis Georgi subsp. arenaria (Waldst. et Kit.) A. et D. Löve

Juncaceae

Juncus valvatus Link

Luzula arctica Blytt

Lamiaceae (= Labiatae)

Dracocephalum austriacum L.

* Micromeria taygetea P. H. Davis

Nepeta dirphya (Boiss.) Heldr. ex Halacsy

* Nepeta sphaciotica P. H. Davis

Origanum dictamnus L.

Phlomis brevibracteata Turril

Phlomis cypria Post

Salvia veneris Hedge

Sideritis cypria Post

Sideritis incana subsp. glauca (Cav.) Malagarriga

Sideritis javalambrensis Pau

Sideritis serrata Cav. ex Lag.

Teucrium lepicephalum Pau

Teucrium turredanum Losa & Rivas Goday

* Thymus camphoratus Hoffmanns. & Link

Thymus carnosus Boiss.

* Thymus lotocephalus G. López & R. Morales (Thymus cephalotos L.)

Fabaceae (= Leguminosae)

Anthyllis hystrix Cardona, Contandr. & E. Sierra

* Astragalus algarbiensis Coss. ex Bunge

* Astragalus aquilanus Anzalone

Astragalus centralpinus Braun-Blanquet

* Astragalus macrocarpus DC. subsp. lefkarensis

* Astragalus maritimus Moris

Astragalus tremolsianus Pau

* Astragalus verrucosus Moris

* Cytisus aeolicus Guss. ex Lindl.

Genista dorycnifolia Font Quer

Genista holopetala (Fleischm. ex Koch) Baldacci

Melilotus segetalis (Brot.) Ser. subsp. fallax Franco

* Ononis hackelii Lange

Trifolium saxatile All.

* Vicia bifoliolata J.D. Rodriguez

Lentibulariaceae

* Pinguicula crystallina Sm.

Pinguicula nevadensis (Lindb.) Casper

Liliaceae

Allium grosii Font Quer

* Androcymbium rechingeri Greuter

* Asphodelus bento-rainhae P. Silva

* Chionodoxa lochiae Meikle in Kew Bull.

Colchicum arenarium Waldst. et Kit.

Hyacinthoides vicentina (Hoffmans. & Link) Rothm.

* Muscari gussonei (Parl.) Tod.

Scilla litardierei Breist.

* Scilla morrisii Meikle

Tulipa cypria Stapf

Linaceae

* Linum dolomiticum Borbas

* Linum muelleri Moris (Linum maritimum muelleri)

Lythraceae

* Lythrum flexuosum Lag.

Malvaceae

Kosteletzkya pentacarpos (L.) Ledeb.

Najadaceae

Najas flexilis (Willd.) Rostk. & W.L. Schmidt

Najas tenuissima (A. Braun) Magnus

Orchidaceae

Anacamptis urvilleana Sommier et Caruana Gatto

Calypso bulbosa L.

* Cephalanthera cucullata Boiss. & Heldr.

Cypripedium calceolus L.

Gymnigritella runei Teppner & Klein

Himantoglossum adriaticum Baumann

Himantoglossum caprinum (Bieb.) V. Koch

Liparis loeselii (L.) Rich.

* Ophrys kotschyi H. Fleischm. et Soo

* Ophrys lunulata Parl.

Ophrys melitensis (Salkowski) J et P Devillers-Terschuren

Platanthera obtusata (Pursh) subsp. oligantha (Turez.) Hulten

Orobanchaceae

Orobanche densiflora Salzmann ex Reuter in DC.

Paeoniaceae

Paeonia cambessedesii (Willk.) Willk.

Paeonia clusii F.C. Stern subsp. rhodia (Stearn) Tzanoudakis

Paeonia officinalis L. subsp. banatica (Rachel) Soo

Paeonia parnassica Tzanoudakis

Arecaceae (= Palmae)

Phoenix theophrasti Greuter

Papaveraceae

Corydalis gotlandica Lidén

Papaver laestadianum (Nordh.) Nordh.

Papaver radicatum Rottb. subsp. hyperboreum Nordh.

Plantaginaceae

Plantago algarbiensis Sampaio (Plantago bracteosa (Willk.) G. Sampaio)

Plantago almogravensis Franco

Plumbaginaceae

Armeria berlengensis Daveau

* Armeria helodes Martini & Pold

Armeria neglecta Girard

Armeria pseudarmeria (Murray) Mansfeld

* Armeria rouyana Daveau

Armeria soleirolii (Duby) Godron

Armeria velutina Welw. ex Boiss. & Reuter

Limonium dodartii (Girard) O. Kuntze subsp. lusitanicum (Daveau) Franco

* Limonium insulare (Beg. & Landi) Arrig. & Diana

Limonium lanceolatum (Hoffmans. & Link) Franco

Limonium multiflorum Erben

* Limonium pseudolaetum Arrig. & Diana

* Limonium strictissimum (Salzmann) Arrig.

Polygonaceae

Persicaria foliosa (H. Lindb.) Kitag.

Polygonum praelongum Coode & Cullen

Rumex rupestris Le Gall

Primulaceae

Androsace mathildae Levier

Androsace pyrenaica Lam.

* Cyclamen fatrense Halda et Sojak

* Primula apennina Widmer

Primula carniolica Jacq.

Primula nutans Georgi

Primula palinuri Petagna

Primula scandinavica Bruun

Soldanella villosa Darracq.

Ranunculaceae

* Aconitum corsicum Gayer (Aconitum napellus subsp. corsicum)

Aconitum firmum (Reichenb.) Neilr subsp. moravicum Skalicky

Adonis distorta Ten.

Aquilegia bertolonii Schott

Aquilegia kitaibelii Schott

* Aquilegia pyrenaica D.C. subsp. cazorlensis (Heywood) Galiano

* Consolida samia P.H. Davis

* Delphinium caseyi B.L.Burtt

Pulsatilla grandis Wenderoth

Pulsatilla patens (L.) Miller

* Pulsatilla pratensis (L.) Miller subsp. hungarica Soo

* Pulsatilla slavica G. Reuss.

* Pulsatilla subslavica Futak ex Goliasova

Pulsatilla vulgaris Hill. subsp. gotlandica (Johanss.) Zaemelis & Paegle

Ranunculus kykkoensis Meikle

Ranunculus lapponicus L.

* Ranunculus weyleri Mares

Resedaceae

* Reseda decursiva Forssk.

Rosaceae

Agrimonia pilosa Ledebour

Potentilla delphinensis Gren. & Godron

* Pyrus magyarica Terpo

Sorbus teodorii Liljefors

Rubiaceae

Galium cracoviense Ehrend.

* Galium litorale Guss.

* Galium sudeticum Tausch

* Galium viridiflorum Boiss. & Reuter

Salicaceae

Salix salvifolia Brot. subsp. australis Franco

Santalaceae

Thesium ebracteatum Hayne

Saxifragaceae

Saxifraga berica (Beguinot) D.A. Webb

Saxifraga florulenta Moretti

Saxifraga hirculus L.

Saxifraga osloënsis Knaben

Saxifraga tombeanensis Boiss. ex Engl.

Scrophulariaceae

Antirrhinum charidemi Lange

Chaenorrhinum serpyllifolium (Lange) Lange subsp. lusitanicum R. Fernandes

* Euphrasia genargentea (Feoli) Diana

Euphrasia marchesettii Wettst. ex Marches.

Linaria algarviana Chav.

Linaria coutinhoi Valdés

Linaria loeselii Schweigger

* Linaria ficalhoana Rouy

Linaria flava (Poiret) Desf.

* Linaria hellenica Turrill

Linaria pseudolaxiflora Lojacono

* Linaria ricardoi Cout.

Linaria tonzigii Lona

* Linaria tursica B. Valdes & Cabezudo

Odontites granatensis Boiss.

* Pedicularis sudetica Willd.

Rhinanthus oesilensis (Ronninger & Saarsoo) Vassilcz

Tozzia carpathica Wol.

Verbascum litigiosum Samp.

Veronica micrantha Hoffmanns. & Link

* Veronica oetaea L.-A. Gustavsson

Solanaceae

* Atropa baetica Willk.

Thymelaeaceae

* Daphne arbuscula Celak

Daphne petraea Leybold

* Daphne rodriguezii Texidor

Ulmaceae

Zelkova abelicea (Lam.) Boiss.

Apiaceae (= Umbelliferae)

* Angelica heterocarpa Lloyd

Angelica palustris (Besser) Hoffm.

* Apium bermejoi Llorens

Apium repens (Jacq.) Lag.

Athamanta cortiana Ferrarini

* Bupleurum capillare Boiss. & Heldr.

* Bupleurum kakiskalae Greuter

Eryngium alpinum L.

* Eryngium viviparum Gay

* Ferula sadleriana Lebed.

Hladnikia pastinacifolia Reichenb.

* Laserpitium longiradium Boiss.

* Naufraga balearica Constans & Cannon

* Oenanthe conioides Lange

Petagnia saniculifolia Guss.

Rouya polygama (Desf.) Coincy

* Seseli intricatum Boiss.

Seseli leucospermum Waldst. et Kit

Thorella verticillatinundata (Thore) Briq.

Valerianaceae

Centranthus trinervis (Viv.) Beguinot

Violaceae

* Viola hispida Lam.

Viola jaubertiana Mares & Vigineix

Viola rupestris F.W. Schmidt subsp. relicta Jalas

LOWER PLANTS

BRYOPHYTA

Bruchia vogesiaca Schwaegr. (o)

Bryhnia novae-angliae (Sull & Lesq.) Grout (o)

* Bryoerythrophyllum campylocarpum (C. Müll.) Crum. (Bryoerythrophyllum machadoanum (Sergio)

M. O. Hill)) (o)

Buxbaumia viridis (Moug.) Moug. & Nestl. (o)

Cephalozia macounii (Aust.) Aust. (o)

Cynodontium suecicum (H. Arn. & C. Jens.) I. Hag. (o)

Dichelyma capillaceum (Dicks) Myr. (o)

Dicranum viride (Sull. & Lesq.) Lindb. (o)

Distichophyllum carinatum Dix. & Nich. (o)

Drepanocladus (Hamatocaulis) vernicosus (Mitt.) Warnst. (o)

Encalypta mutica (I. Hagen) (o)

Hamatocaulis lapponicus (Norrl.) Hedenäs (o)

Herzogiella turfacea (Lindb.) I. Wats. (o)

Hygrohypnum montanum (Lindb.) Broth. (o)

Jungermannia handelii (Schiffn.) Amak. (o)

Mannia triandra (Scop.) Grolle (o)

* Marsupella profunda Lindb. (o)

Meesia longiseta Hedw. (o)

Nothothylas orbicularis (Schwein.) Sull. (o)

Ochyraea tatrensis Vana (o)

Orthothecium lapponicum (Schimp.) C. Hartm. (o)

Orthotrichum rogeri Brid. (o)

Petalophyllum ralfsii (Wils.) Nees & Gott. (o)

Plagiomnium drummondii (Bruch& Schimp.) T. Kop. (o)

Riccia breidleri Jur. (o)

Riella helicophylla (Bory & Mont.) Mont. (o)

Scapania massolongi (K. Müll.) K. Müll. (o)

Sphagnum pylaisii Brid. (o)

Tayloria rudolphiana (Garov) B. & S. (o)

Tortella rigens (N. Alberts) (o)

Schedule III

ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES OF NATIONAL INTEREST WHOSE

CONSERVATION REQUIRES THE DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL AREAS OF

CONSERVATION

Interpretation

(a) Schedule III follows on from Schedule I for the establishment of a consistent network of special

areas of conservation of national importance.

(b) The species listed in this Schedule are indicated

by the Scientific name of the species or subspecies, accompanied, where available, by

Maltese and English vernacular names of the said species or subspecies, or

by all the species belonging to a higher taxon or to a designated part of that taxon.

Where required, scientific synonyms of each species or lower taxon are included in square

brackets after the scientific name. These are included to facilitate interpretation of the

scientific information provided.

Other references to taxa higher than genus and/or species are for the purposes of information

or classification only.

(c) A number of scientific names are followed by the abbreviations ‘auct. fl. Melit.’ which refers to

the scientific name(s) with which that particular taxon is and/or was recorded in Maltese

biodiversity literature; this scientific name is also of legal value, since in some cases, it

represents the only reference to species whose proper scientific identification is still uncertain.

(d) Symbols and Abbreviations

An asterisk (*) before the name of a species or subspecies indicates that it is a priority

species.

The abbreviation 'spp.' after the name of a family or genus designates all the species

belonging to that family or genus.

The abbreviation "(s.l.)", meaning ‘sensu lato’ is used to indicate that the scientific name is

used in its most extended meaning.

(a) ANIMALS

VERTEBRATES

MAMMALS

INSECTIVORA

Ġurdien ta’ Ħalqu Twil;

Crocidura sicula

Sicilian Shrew

Ġurdien tal-Munqar; Ġurdien

tal-Geddum Twil

CHIROPTERA

Vespertilionidae

Myotis punicus [=Myotis

Farfett il-Lejl Widnet il-

Mouse-Eared Bat

Ġurdien

blythii punicus]

SAURIA

Lacertidae

Podarcis filfolensis

Gremxula ta’ Filfla

Filfola Wall Lizard

filfolensis

Gremxula ta’ Ħagret il-

Podarcis filfolensis

Fungus Rock Wall Lizard

Ġeneral

generalensis

Podarcis filfolensis

Gremxula tal-Gżejjer

St. Paul’s Island Wall

kieselbachi

Lizard

FISH

ATHERINIFORMES

Cyprinodontidae

Bużaqq

Maltese Killifish

Aphanius fasciatus

INVERTEBRATES

ARTHROPODS

CRUSTACEA

DECAPODA

Potamon fluviatile

Qabru; Granċ ta’ l-Ilma

Maltese Freshwater Crab

Ħelu

lanfrancoi

INSECTA

COLEOPTERA

Alaocyba melitensis

Bumunqar Għama ta’

Maltese Blind Weevil

Malta

Amaurops mifsudi

Psefalida Għamja ta’ Malta

Maltese Blind Psephalid

Othiorynchus

Bumunqar tar-Ramla

Maltese Sand Weevil

(Arammichnus) ovatulus

MOLLUSCA

GASTROPODA

Dendropoma petraeum

Bebbuxu tal-Blat

Vermetid Snail

Żugraga ta’ l-Irdum

Trochoidea gharlapsi

Cliff Top-Snail

Żugraga ta’ l-Imtaħleb

Trochoidea spratti cucullus

Mtahleb Top-Snail

[= T. cucullus; Helicella

cucullus; Xerophila

cucullus]

Żugraga ta’ Filfla

Trochoidea spratti despotti

Filfola Top-Snail

[= T. despotti; T.

pyramidata despotti,

Helicella pyramidata

despotti]

BIVALVIA

Arzell ta’ l-Ilma Ħelu

Pisidium spp.

Pea-Mussels

(b) PLANTS

RHODOPHYTA

Korallina tar-Ramel Ħaj

Lithothamnion coralloides

Maerl Coralline Alga

(P.L. Crouan & H.M.

Crouan) P.L. Crouan &

H.M. Crouan [=

Mesophyllum corallioides

(P.L. Crouan & H.M.

Crouan) Lemoine]

Korallina tar-Ramel Ħaj

Lithothamnion minervae

Maerl Coralline Alga

Basso

Korallina tar-Ramel Ħaj

Phymatholithon calcareum

Maerl Coralline Alga

(Poll.) Adey & McKibbin

[= Lithothamnion

polymorphum (L.)

Areschoug, Lithothamnion

calcareum (Pallas)

Areschoug in J.Agardh]

FUCOPHYTA

Ċistosejri

Cystoseira spp.

Sea-Firs

PINOPHYTA

Cupressaceae

Tetraclinis articulata

Għargħar/ Siġra tal-

Araar Tree; Alerce;

(Vahl) Masters [= Callitris

Għargħar

Sandarac Gum Tree

quadrivalvis Venten. ex

Rich.]

MAGNOLIOPHYTA

Alliaceae

Allium lojaconoi Brullo,

Tewm Irqiq ta’ Malta

Maltese Dwarf Garlic

Lanfranco et Pavone [=

Allium parciflorum auct. fl.

Melit non Viviani]

Anacardiaceae

Pistacia terebinthus L.

Skornabekk; Terebintu

Terebinth; Turpentine Tree

Trementina; Siġra tat-

Turpentina

Rhus coriaria L.

Xumakk tal-Konz

Common Sumach

Asteraceae (= Compositae)

Otanthus maritimus (L.)

Santolina tar-Ramel; Bajda

Cottonweed; Sea Cudweed

Hoffmannsegg et Link [=

tar-Ramel

Diotis candidissima

Desfontaines]

Matricaria aurea

Kamumella Nana

Rayless Mayweed

(Loefling) Schultz

Bipontinus [= Chamomilla

aurea (Loefling) Gay ex

Coss. et Kralik]

Brassicaceae (= Cruciferae)

Ġiżi ta’ Malta

Matthiola incana (L.) R.

Maltese Stocks

Brown subsp. melitensis

Brullo, Lanfranco, Pavone

et Ronsisvalle

Cistaceae

Borgħom; Ċisti

Cistus spp.

Rock-Roses

Convolvulaceae

Convolvulus oleifolius

Leblieb ta’ l-Irdum

Olive-Leaved Bindweed

Desrousseaux s.l.

Cymodoceaceae

Alka Rqiqa; Ċimodoċja

Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria)

Lesser Neptune-Grass

Ascherson [= Zostera

nodosa Ucria]

Ericaceae

Erica multiflora L.

Erika; Issopu; Savina;

Mediterranean Heath

Sagħtar Aħmar; Leħjet ix-

Xiħ

Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbia dendroides L.

Tengħud tas-Siġra

Tree Spurge

Euphorbia melitensis

Tengħud tax-Xagħri

Maltese Spurge

Parlatore [= Euphorbia

spinosa auct. fl. Melit. non

L.; = Euphorbia bivonae

auct. fl. Melit. non Steudel]

Euphorbia paralias L.

Tengħud tar-Ramel

Sea Spurge

Euphorbia terracina L.

Tengħud tax-Xatt

Coast Spurge

Fabaceae (= Leguminosae)

Anagyris foetida L.

Fula tal-Klieb

Bean Trefoil Tree

Ħatba s-Sewda

Anthyllis hermanniae L.

Shrubby Kidney-Vetch

Lotus halophilus Boissier

Għantux tar-Ramel

Sand Restharrow

et Spruner

Iridaceae

Iris pseudopumila Tineo

Bellus

Southern Dwarf Iris

Iris sicula Todaro

Fjurdulis Sqalli

Sicilian Iris

Juncaceae

Juncus acutus L.

Simar il-Lixx

Sharp-Pointed Rush

Juncus maritimus Lamarck

Simar tal-Baħar

Sea Rush

Lamiaceae (= Labiatae)

Riegnu ta’ Ġnien il-Kbir

Origanum dictamnus L.

Cretan Dittany

Teucrium scordioides

Borgħom ta’ l-Ilma

Water Germander

Schreber [= T. scordium L.

subsp. scordioides

(Schreb.) Arcangeli]

Thymus capitatus L. [=

Sagħtar

Mediterranean Thyme

Thymbra capitata (L.)

Cavanilles; Coridothymus

capitatus (L.) Reichenbach

fil.]

Liliaceae

Tulipa australis Link (=

Tulipan Selvaġġ

Wild Tulip

Tulipa sylvestris auct.

Melit. non L.)

Orchidaceae

Ophrys fuciflora (F.W.

Brimba

Late Spider Orchid

Schmidt) Moench [=

Ophrys holosericea auct. fl.

Melit. non (Burm.)

Greuter]

Ophrys lacaitae Lojacono

Brimba Safra

Yellow Spider Orchid;

[= O. oxyrrhynchos subsp.

Lacaita‘s Spider Orchid

lacaitae (Lojacono) Del

Prete]

Ophrys tenthredinifera

Naħla Kbira

Sawfly Orchid

Willdenow s.l. [= Ophrys

tenoreana Lindley s.l.]

Ophrys oxyrrhynchos

Brimba ta’ Sqallija

Beaked Spider Orchid

Todaro [= Ophrys fuciflora

subsp. oxyrrhynchos

(Todaro) Soó]

Plumbaginaceae

Limonium melitense Brullo

Leħjet ix-Xiħ; Limonju ta’

Maltese Sea-Lavender

[= Statice cosyrensis auct.

Malta

fl. Melit. non Gussone]

Limonium zeraphae Brullo

Leħjet ix-Xiħ; Limonju ta’

Zerafa’s Sea-Lavender

Żerafa

[= Statice reticulata auct.

fl. Melit. non L.]

Poaceae

Ampelodesma mauritanica

Dis

Diss

(Poiret) Durand et Schinz

[= Ampelodesma tenax

Link]

Posidoniaceae

Posidonia oceanica (L.)

Alka; Posidonja

Neptune-Grass

Delile

Rhamnaceae

Paliurus spina-christi

Xewk tal-Kuruna; Xewk

Christ’s Thorn

Miller

ta’ Kristu

Rosaceae

Rosa sempervirens L

Girlanda tal-Wied; Warda

Evergreen Rose

Selvaġġa

Sarcopoterium spinosum

Tursin il-Għul Xewwieki

Thorny Burnet

(L.) Spach [= Poterium

spinosum L.]

Salicaceae

Żafżafa; Żafżafa Kbira

Salix alba L.

White Willow

Żafżafa ż-Żgħira

Salix pedicellata

Mediterranean Willow

Desfontaines

Solanaceae

Lycium intricatum Boissier

Għawseġ

Southern Boxthorn;

[= Lycium europaeum auct.

Southern Tea-Tree

fl. Melit. non L. p.p.]

Ulmaceae

Ulmus canescens Melville

Nemmiesa; Siġra tan-

Hoary Elm; Grey-Leaved

[= Ulmus minor Miller

Nemus; Ulmu

Elm

subsp. canescens (Melville)

K.Browicz & J.Zielinski]

Zannichelliaceae

Ħarira ta’ l-Ilma

Zannichellia melitensis

Maltese Horned-Pondweed

Brullo, Giusso et

Lanfranco [= Zannichellia

palustris auct. fl. Melit.

non L.; = Z. pedunculata

auct. fl. Melit. non Rchb. in

Mössler]

Zosteraceae

Alka tas-Salini; Żostera

Zostera marina L.

Eel-Grass; Grass-Wrack

Alka tal-Pwales; Żostera

Zostera noltii Hornemann [=

Slender Eel-Grass

Zostera nana Roth]

Nana

Schedule IV

CRITERIA FOR SELECTING SITES ELIGIBLE FOR IDENTIFICATION AS SITES

OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE AND OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE AND

DESIGNATION AS SPECIAL AREAS OF CONSERVATION

STAGE 1: Assessment at national level of the relative importance of sites for each natural habitat

type in Schedule I and each species in Schedule II (including priority natural habitat types and

priority species).

A. Site assessment criteria for a given natural habitat type in Schedule I

(a) Degree of representativity of the natural habitat type on the site.

(b) Area of the site covered by the natural habitat type in relation to the total area covered by that

natural habitat type within Malta.

(c) Degree of conservation of the structure and functions of the natural habitat type concerned and

restoration possibilities.

(d) Global assessment of the value of the site for conservation of the natural habitat type concerned.

B. Site assessment criteria for a given species in Schedule II

(a) Size and density of the population of the species present on the site in relation to the populations

present within Malta.

(b) Degree of conservation of the features of the habitat, which are important for the species

concerned, and restoration possibilities.

(c) Degree of isolation of the population present on the site in relation to the natural range of the

species.

(d) Global assessment of the value of the site for conservation of the species concerned.

C.

On the basis of these criteria, the Competent Authority will classify the sites, which it proposed

on the national list as sites eligible for identification as sites of National Importance and of

International Importance according to their relative value for the conservation of each natural

habitat type in Schedule I or each species in Schedule II.

D.

That list will show the sites containing the priority natural habitat types and priority species

selected by the Competent Authority on the basis of the criteria in A and B above.

STAGE 2: Assessment of the national and international importance of the sites included on the

national lists.

1. All the sites identified by the Competent Authority in Stage 1, which contain priority natural

habitat types, and/or species will be considered as sites of National Importance and of

International Importance.

2. The assessment of the national and international importance of other sites, i.e. their contribution

to maintaining or re-establishing, at a favourable conservation status, a natural habitat in

Schedule I or a species in Schedule II and/or to the coherence of the National Ecological

Network and the Pan-European Ecological Network will take account of the following criteria

(a) relative value of the site at national level;

(b) geographical situation of the site in relation to migration routes of species in Schedule II;

(c) total area of the site;

(d) number of natural habitat types in Schedule I and species in Schedule II present on the

site;

(e) global ecological value of the site for the biogeographical regions concerned, as regards

both the characteristic of unique aspect of its features and the way they are combined.

Schedule V

ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES OF COMMUNITY INTEREST IN NEED OF

STRICT PROTECTION

Interpretation

1. The abbreviation "spp." following the name of a genus is used to denote all species within that

genus.

2. Other references to taxa higher than genus and/or species are for the purposes of information or

classification only.

3. The abbreviation "(s.l.)", meaning ‘sensu lato’ is used to indicate that the scientific name is used

in its most extended meaning.

4. Where required, scientific synonyms of each species or lower taxon are included in square

brackets after the scientific name. These are included to facilitate interpretation of the scientific

information provided.

5. A number of scientific names are followed by the abbreviations ‘auct. fl. Melit.’ which refers to

the scientific name(s) with which that particular taxon is and/or was recorded in Maltese

biodiversity literature; this scientific name is also of legal value, since in some cases, it

represents the only reference to species whose proper scientific identification is still uncertain.

6. Where available, vernacular names, in both Maltese and English have been included for each

taxon. This information is included for clarification purposes.

(a) ANIMALS

VERTEBRATES

MAMMALS

INSECTIVORA

Erinaceidae

Erinaceus algirus

Soricidae

Crocidura canariensis

Crocidura sicula

Talpidae

Galemys pyrenaicus

MICROCHIROPTERA

All species

MEGACHIROPTERA

Pteropodidae

Rousettus aegyptiacus

RODENTIA

Gliridae

All species except Glis glis and Eliomys quercinus

Sciuridae

Marmota marmota latirostris

Pteromys volans (Sciuropterus russicus)

Spermophilus citellus (Citellus citellus)

Spermophilus suslicus (Citellus suslicus)

Sciurus anomalus

Castoridae

Castor fiber (except the Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Finnish and Swedish, populations)

Cricetidae

Cricetus cricetus (except the Hungarian populations)

Microtidae

Microtus cabrerae

Microtus oeconomus arenicola

Microtus oeconomus mehelyi

Microtus tatricus

Zapodidae

Sicista betulina

Sicista subtilis

Hystricidae

Hystrix cristata

CARNIVORA

Canidae

Alopex lagopus

Canis lupus (except the Greek populations north of the 39th parallel; Estonian populations, Spanish

populations north of the Duero; Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovak populations and Finnish

populations within the reindeer management area as defined in paragraph 2 of the Finnish Act No

848/90 of 14 September 1990 on reindeer management)

Ursidae

Ursus arctos

Mustelidae

Lutra lutra

Mustela eversmanii

Mustela lutreola

Felidae

Felis silvestris

Lynx lynx (except the Estonian population)

Lynx pardinus

Phocidae

Monachus monachus

Phoca hispida saimensis

ARTIODACTYLA

Cervidae

Cervus elaphus corsicanus

Bovidae

Bison bonasus

Capra aegagrus (natural populations)

Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica

Ovis gmelini musimon (Ovis ammon musimon) (natural populations - Corsica and Sardinia)

Ovis orientalis ophion (Ovis gmelini ophion)

Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata (Rupicapra rupicapra ornata)

Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica

Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica

CETACEA

All species

REPTILES

TESTUDINATA

Testudinidae

Testudo graeca

Testudo hermanni

Testudo marginata

Cheloniidae

Caretta caretta

Chelonia mydas

Lepidochelys kempii

Eretmochelys imbricata

Dermochelyidae

Dermochelys coriacea

Emydidae

Emys orbicularis

Mauremys caspica

Mauremys leprosa

SAURIA

Lacertidae

Algyroides fitzingeri

Algyroides marchi

Algyroides moreoticus

Algyroides nigropunctatus

Gallotia atlantica

Gallotia galloti

Gallotia galloti insulanagae

Gallotia simonyi

Gallotia stehlini

Lacerta agilis

Lacerta bedriagae

Lacerta bonnali (Lacerta monticola)

Lacerta mnticola

Lacerta danfordi

Lacerta dugesi

Lacerta graeca

Lacerta horvathi

Lacerta schreiberi

Lacerta trilineata

Lacerta viridis

Lacerta vivipara pannonica

Ophisops elegans

Podarcis erhardii

Podarcis filfolensis

Podarcis hispanica atrata

Podarcis lilfordi

Podarcis melisellensis

Podarcis milensis

Podarcis muralis

Podarcis peloponnesiaca

Podarcis pityusensis

Podarcis sicula

Podarcis taurica

Podarcis tiliguerta

Podarcis wagleriana

Scincidae

Ablepharus kitaibelli

Chalcides bedriagai

Chalcides ocellatus

Chalcides sexlineatus

Chalcides simonyi (Chalcides occidentalis)

Chalcides viridianus

Ophiomorus punctatissimus

Gekkonidae

Cyrtopodion kotschyi

Phyllodactylus europaeus

Tarentola angustimentalis

Tarentola boettgeri

Tarentola delalandii

Tarentola gomerensis

Agamidae

Stellio stellio

Chamaeleontidae

Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Anguidae

Ophisaurus apodus

OPHIDIA

Colubridae

Coluber caspius

Coluber cypriensis

Coluber hippocrepis

Coluber jugularis

Coluber laurenti

Coluber najadum

Coluber nummifer

Coluber viridiflavus

Coronella austriaca

Eirenis modesta

Elaphe longissima

Elaphe quatuorlineata

Elaphe situla

Natrix natrix cetti

Natrix natrix corsa

Natrix natrix cypriaca

Natrix tessellata

Telescopus falax

Viperidae

Vipera ammodytes

Macrovipera schweizeri (Vipera lebetina schweizeri)

Vipera seoanni (except Spanish population)

Vipera ursinii

Vipera xanthina

Boidae

Eryx jaculus

AMPHIBIANS

CAUDATA

Salamandridae

Chioglossa lusitanica

Euproctus asper

Euproctus montanus

Euproctus platycephalus

Mertensiella luschani (Salamandra luschani)

Salamandra atra

Salamandra aurorae

Salamandra lanzai

Salamandrina terdigitata

Triturus carnifex (Triturus cristatus carnifex)

Triturus cristatus (Triturus cristatus cristatus)

Triturus italicus

Triturus karelinii (Triturus cristatus karelinii)

Triturus marmoratus

Triturus montandoni

Proteidae

Proteus anguinus

Plethodontidae

Hydromantes (Speleomantes) ambrosii

Hydromantes (Speleomantes) flavus

Hydromantes (Speleomantes) genei

Hydromantes (Speleomantes) imperialis

Hydromantes (Speleomantes) strinatii (Hydromantes (Speleomantes) italicus)

Hydromantes (Speleomantes) supramontes

ANURA

Discoglossidae

Alytes cisternasii

Alytes muletensis

Alytes obstetricans

Bombina bombina

Bombina variegata

Discoglossus galganoi (including Discoglossus ‘jeanneae’)

Discoglossus montalentii

Discoglossus pictus

Discoglossus sardus

Ranidae

Rana arvalis

Rana dalmatina

Rana graeca

Rana iberica

Rana italica

Rana latastei

Rana lessonae

Pelobatidae

Pelobates cultripes

Pelobates fuscus

Pelobates syriacus

Bufonidae

Bufo calamita

Bufo viridis

Hylidae

Hyla arborea

Hyla meridionalis

Hyla sarda

FISH

ACIPENSERIFORMES

Acipenseridae

Acipenser naccarii

Acipenser sturio

SALMONIFORMES

Coregonidae

Coregonus oxyrhynchus (anadromous populations in certain sectors of the NorthSea, except the Finnish

populations)

CYPRINIFORMES

Cyprinidae

Anaecypris hispanica

Phoxinus percnurus

ATHERINIFORMES

Cyprinodontidae

Valencia hispanica

PERCIFORMES

Percidae

Zingel asper

Gymnocephalus baloni

INVERTEBRATES

ARTHROPODS

CRUSTACEA

ISOPODA

Armadillidium ghardalamensis

INSECTA

COLEOPTERA

Bolbelasmus unicornis

Buprestis splendens

Carabus hampei

Carabus hungaricus

Carabus olympiae

Carabus variolosus

Carabus zawadszkii

Cerambyx cerdo

Cucujus cinnaberinus

Dorcadion fulvum cervae

Duvalius gebhardti

Duvalius hungaricus

Dytiscus latissimus

Graphoderus bilineatus

Leptodirus hochenwarti

Pilemia tigrina

Osmoderma eremita

Phryganophilus ruficollis

Probaticus subrugosus

Propomacrus cypriacus

Pseudogaurotina excellens

Pseudoseriscius cameroni

Pytho kolwensis

Rosalia alpina

LEPIDOPTERA

Apatura metis

Arytrura musculus

Catopta thrips

Chondrosoma fiduciarium

Coenonympha hero

Coenonympha oedippus

Colias myrmidone

Cucullia mixta

Dioszeghyana schmidtii

Erannis ankeraria

Erebia calcaria

Erebia christi

Erebia sudetica

Eriogaster catax

Fabriciana elisa

Glyphipterix loricatella

Gortyna borelii lunata

Hypodryas maturna

Hyles hippophaes

Leptidea morsei

Lignyoptera fumidaria

Lopinga achine

Lycaena dispar

Lycaena helle

Maculinea arion

Maculinea nausithous

Maculinea teleius

Melanagria arge

Nymphalis vaualbum

Papilio alexanor

Papilio hospiton

Parnassius apollo

Parnassius mnemosyne

Phyllometra culminaria

Plebicula golgus

Polymixis rufocincta isolata

Polyommatus eroides

Proserpinus proserpina

Xylomoia strix

Zerynthia polyxena

Mantodea

Apteromantis aptera

ODONATA

Aeshna viridis

Cordulegaster heros

Cordulegaster trinacriae

Gomphus graslinii

Leucorrhina albifrons

Leucorrhina caudalis

Leucorrhina pectoralis

Lindenia tetraphylla

Macromia splendens

Ophiogomphus cecilia

Oxygastra curtisii

Stylurus flavipes

Sympecma braueri

ORTHOPTERA

Baetica ustulata

Brachytrupes megacephalus

Isophya costata

Isophya stysi

Myrmecophilus baronii

Odontopodisma rubripes

Paracaloptenus caloptenoides

Pholidoptera transsylvanica

Saga pedo

Stenobothrus (Stenobothrodes) eurasius

ARACHNIDA

Araneae

Macrothele calpeiana

MOLLUSCS

GASTROPODA

Anisus vorticulus

Caseolus calculus

Caseolus commixta

Caseolus sphaerula

Chilostoma banaticum

Discula leacockiana

Discula tabellata

Discula testudinalis

Discula turricula

Discus defloratus

Discus guerinianus

Elona quimperiana

Geomalacus maculosus

Geomitra moniziana

Gibbula nivosa

Hygromia kovacsi

Idiomela (Helix) subplicata

Lampedusa imitatrix

Lampedusa melitensis

Leiostyla abbreviata

Leiostyla cassida

Leiostyla corneocostata

Leiostyla gibba

Leiostyla lamellosa

Paladilhia hungarica

Patella feruginea

Sadleriana pannonica

Theodoxus prevostianus

Theodoxus transversalis

BIVALVIA

Anisomyaria

Lithophaga lithophaga

Pinna nobilis

Unionoida

Margaritifera auricularia

Unio crassus

Dreissenidae

Congeria kusceri

ECHINODERMATA

Echinoidea

Centrostephanus longispinus

(b) PLANTS

Schedule V (b) contains all the plant species listed in Schedule II (b) except bryophytes, plus those

mentioned below

PTERIDOPHYTA

Aspleniaceae

Asplenium hemionitis L.

MAGNOLIOPHYTA

Agavaceae

Dracaena draco (L.) L.

Amaryllidaceae

Narcissus longispathus Pugsley

Narcissus triandrus L.

Berberidaceae

Berberis maderensis Lowe

Campanulaceae

Campanula morettiana Reichenb.

Physoplexis comosa (L.) Schur.

Caryophyllaceae

Moehringia fontqueri Pau

Asteraceae (= Compositae)

Argyranthemum pinnatifidum (L.f.) Lowe * subsp. succulentum (Lowe) C. J. Humphries

Helichrysum sibthorpii Rouy

Picris willkommii (Schultz Bip.) Nyman

Santolina elegans Boiss. ex DC.

Senecio caespitosus Brot.

Senecio lagascanus DC. subsp. lusitanicus (P. Cout.) Pinto da Silva

Wagenitzia lancifolia (Sieber ex Sprengel) Dostal

Brassicaceae (= Cruciferae)

Murbeckiella sousae Rothm.

Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbia nevadensis Boiss. & Reuter

Gesneriaceae

Jankaea heldreichii (Boiss.) Boiss.

Ramonda serbica Pancic

Iridaceae

Crocus etruscus Parl.

Iris boissieri Henriq.

Iris marisca Ricci & Colasante

Lamiaceae (= Labiatae)

Rosmarinus tomentosus Huber-Morath& Maire

Teucrium charidemi Sandwith

Thymus capitellatus Hoffmanns. & Link

Thymus villosus L. subsp. villosus L.

Liliaceae

Androcymbium europeum (Lange) K. Richter

Bellevalia hackelli Freyn

Colchicum corsicum Baker

Colchicum cousturieri Greuter

Fritillaria conica Rix

Fritillaria drenovskii Degen & Stoy.

Fritillaria gussichiae (Degen & Doerfler) Rix

Fritillaria obliqua Ker-Gawl.

Fritillaria rhodocanakis Orph. ex Baker

Ornithogalum reverchonii Degen & Herv. -Bass.

Scilla beirana Samp.

Scilla odorata Link

Orchidaceae

Ophrys argolica Fleischm.

Orchis scopulorum Simsmerh.

Spiranthes aestivalis (Poiret) L. C. M. Richard

Primulaceae

Androsace cylindrica DC.

Primula glaucescens Moretti

Primula spectabilis Tratt.

Ranunculaceae

Aquilegia alpina L.

Sapotaceae

Sideroxylon marmulano Banks ex Lowe

Saxifragaceae

Saxifraga cintrana Kuzinsky ex Willk.

Saxifraga portosanctana Boiss.

Saxifraga presolanensis Engl.

Saxifraga valdensis DC.

Saxifraga vayredana Luizet

Scrophulariaceae

Antirrhinum lopesianum Rothm.

Lindernia procumbens (Krocker) Philcox

Solanaceae

Mandragora officinarum L.

Thymelaeaceae

Thymelaea broterana P. Cout.

Apiaceae (= Umbelliferae)

Bunium brevifolium Lowe

Violaceae

Viola athois W. Becker

Viola cazorlensis Gandoger

Viola delphinantha Boiss.

Schedule VI

ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES OF NATIONAL INTEREST IN NEED OF STRICT

PROTECTION

Interpretation

1. The abbreviation "spp." following the name of a genus is used to denote all species within that

genus.

2. Other references to taxa higher than genus and/or species are for the purposes of information or

classification only.

3. The abbreviation "(s.l.)", meaning ‘sensu lato’ is used to indicate that the scientific name is used

in its most extended meaning.

4. Where required, scientific synonyms of each species or lower taxon are included in square

brackets after the scientific name. These are included to facilitate interpretation of the scientific

information provided.

5. A number of scientific names are followed by the abbreviations ‘auct. fl. Melit.’ which refers to

the scientific name(s) with which that particular taxon is and/or was recorded in Maltese

biodiversity literature; this scientific name is also of legal value, since in some cases, it

represents the only reference to species whose proper scientific identification is still uncertain.

6. Where available, vernacular names, in both Maltese and English have been included for each

taxon. This information is included for clarification purposes.

(a) ANIMALS

VERTEBRATES

MAMMALS

INSECTIVORA

Soricidae

Ġurdien ta’ Ħalqu Twil;

Suncus etruscus

Pygmy White-Toothed

Ġurdien tal-Munqar;

Shrew

Ġurdien tal-Geddum Twil

CARNIVORA

Mustelidae

Mustela nivalis

Ballottra

Weasel

REPTILES

SAURIA

Gekkonidae

Hemidactylus turcicus

Wizgħa tad-Djar

Turkish Gecko

Tarentola mauritanica

Wiżgħa tal-Kampanja

Moorish Gecko

OPHIDIA

Colubridae

Coluber algirus [=

Serp l-Aħdar

Algerian Whip Snake

Hemorrhois algirus]

FISH

ACTINOPTERYGII

CYPRINODONTIFORMES

Cyprinodontidae

Aphanius fasciatus

Bużaqq

Maltese Killifish

SYNGNATHIFORMES

Syngnathidae

Żiemel tal-Baħar

Hippocampus hippocampus

Short-Snouted Sea- Horse

[= Hippocampus

heptagonus]

Żiemel tal-Baħar

Hippocampus guttulatus [=

Long- Snouted Sea- Horse

Hippocampus biscuspis]

ELASMOBRANCHII

CARCHARHINIFORMES

Carcharhinidae

Carcharodon carcharias*

Kelb il-Baħar *

Great White Shark*

LAMNIFORMES

Cetorhinidae

Cetorhinus maximus

Pixxitonnu

Basking Shark

RAJIFORMES

Myliobatidae

Mobula mobular

Baqra; Manta; Raja tal-

Devil Ray

Qrun

INVERTEBRATES

PORIFERA

Aplysina spp.

-

Aplysina Sponges

Axinella cannabina

Kandilabru

-

Axinella polypoides

Sponża tal-Qrun

Common Antlers Sponge

Geodia cydonium

Debb

-

Ircinia foetida

-

Horny Wild Sponge

Ircinia pipetta

-

-

Petrobiona massiliana

Sponża Iebsa

Stony Sponge

Tethya spp.

-

-

CNIDARIA

Antipathes spp.

Qroll l-Iswed

Black Coral

Astroides calycularis

Qroll tad-Dell

Star-Coral

Cladocora caespitosa

Qroll Abjad

Stone Coral; White Coral

Corallium rubrum

Qroll l-Aħmar

Precious Coral; Sardinian

Coral; Red Coral

Errina aspera

Qroll; Errina

Hydrocoral; Errina

Gerardia savaglia

Qroll Iswed Falz

False Black Coral

Hornera lichenoides

Qroll Falz

False Coral

ARTHROPODS

DECAPODA

Ocypodidae

Ocypode cursor

Granċ tar-Ramla

Ghost Crab

Potamonidae

Potamon fluviatile

Qabru; Granċ ta’ l-Ilma

Maltese Freshwater Crab

Ħelu

lanfrancoi

ARACHNIDA

Nemisia arboricola

Brimba tal-Bejta

Maltese Trap-Door Spider

Roncus melitensis

Skorpjun Falz ta’ Malta

Maltese False Scorpion

INSECTA

COLEOPTERA

Carabidae

Eurynebria complanata

-

-

Scarites buparius

-

-

Buprestidae

Ptosima flavoguttata

-

-

Scarabeoidea

Oryctes nasicornis

Buqarn il-Kbir

Large Rhinocerous Beetle

LEPIDOPTERA

Lasiocampidae

Gastropacha quercifolia

Werqa Niexfa

Lappet Moth

Lasiocampa quercus

Baħrija tal-Ballut

Oak Eggar

Satyridae

Lasiommata megera

Kannella tax-Xemx

Wall Brown

Pararge aegeria

Kannella tad-Dell

Speckled Wood

Noctuidae

Catocala conjuncta

Katokala Rari, Baħrija tal-

Red Underwing

Luq

Catocala elocata

Elokata

Red Underwing

Catocala nymphaea

Katokala Safra Kbira,

Oak Yellow Underwing

Baħrija tal-Luq

Katokala Safra Żgħira,

Catocala nymphagoga

Oak Yellow Underwing

Baħrija tal-Luq

Sphingidae

All species

Acherontia atropos

Baħrija ta’ Ras il-Mewt

Death’s Head Hawkmoth

Agrius convolvuli

Baħrija tal-Leblieb

Convolvulus Hawkmoth

Hyles sammuti

Baħrija tat-Tengħud

Maltese Spurge Hawkmoth

Hyles lineata livornica

Baħrija tad-Dwieli

Striped Hawmoth

Ħabbara

Macroglossum stellatarum

Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Hesperiidae

Gegenes pumilio

Il-Baħri

Pygmy Skipper

Lycaenidae

Aricia agestis

Kannelli ta’ l-Anġlu

Brown Argus

Celastrina argiolus

Ikħal Fiddieni

Holly Blue

Lampides boeticus

Ikħal tad-Denb Twil

Long-tailed Blue

Lycaena phlaeas

Farfett tas-Selq

Small Copper

Polyommatus icarus

Farfett ta’ l-Anglu

Common Blue

Syntarucus pirithous

Ikħal tad-Denb Qasir

Lang’s Short-tailed blue

Zizeeria knysna

Ikħal ta’ l-Afrika

African Grass Blue

Nymphalidae

Kannella Żgħir

Coenonympha pamphilus

Small Heath

Maniola jurtina

Kannella Kbir

Meadow Brown

Hyperhispulla

Pieridae

Gonepteryx cleopatra

Farfett taż-Żiju

Cleopatra

Tineidae

-

-

Morophaga choragella

ODONATA

Anax parthenope

-

Parthenope’s Dragonfly

-

-

Orthetrum trinacria

Orthetrum brunneum

-

-

NEUROPTERA

Acanthaclisis baetica

-

-

Italochrysa italica

-

-

MOLLUSCA

GASTROPODA

Charonia nodifera [=

Bronja tal-Fond

Knobbed Triton-Shell

Charonia lampas; C.

rubicunda]

Charonia tritonis s.l. [=

Bronja tal-Midħna

Variegated Triton-Shell

Charonia seguenziae; C.

variegata]

Dendropoma petraeum

Bebbuxu tal-Blat

Vermetid Snail

Erosaria spurca [=

Baħbuħa Ttigrata

Spotted Cowrie; Porcelaine

Cypraea spurca;

Juane

Pustularia spurca]

Luria lurida [= Cypraea

Baħbuħa ta’ l-Għajnejn

Brown Cowrie;

lurida; Talparia lurida]

Mediterranean Cowrie

Mitra zonata

Sigarru

Fusiform Mitre

Muticaria macrostoma

Dussies tax-Xlendi

Mamo’s Door-Snail

mamotica [= Clausilia

mamotica; Lampedusa

mamotica]

Muticaria macrostoma

Dussies tal-Blata

Scalariform Door-Snail

scalaris [= Clausilia

scalaris; Lampedusa

scalaris]

Ranella olearia [=

Bronja

Oil Vessel Triton

Agrobuccinum olearium;

A. giganteum]

Schilderia achatidea [=

Baħbuħa

Agate Cowrie

Cypraea achatidea;

Cypraea physis; Erronea

achatidea]

Tonna galea [= Dolium

Tina tal-Baħar; Sorm il-

Giant Tun; Mediterranean

galea]

Baħar

Tun- Shell

Żugraga ta’ l-Irdum Għar

Trochoidea gharlapsi

Top Snail

Lapsi

Żugraga ta’ l-Imtaħleb

Trochoidea spratti cucullus

Top-Snail

[= T. cucullus; Helicella

cucullus]

Żugraga ta’ Filfla

Trochoidea spratti despotti

Filfola Top-Snail

[= Trochoidea despotti; T.

pyramidata despotti]

Baħbuħa Ħamra

Zonaria pyrum [= Cypraea

Pear Cowrie/Porcelain

pyrum; Erronea pyrum]

Shell

BIVALVIA

Pholas dactylus

Tamra Bajda

Common Piddock

Pinna rudis [= Pinna

Nakkra tax-Xewk

Rough Pen-Shell

pernula]

Arzell ta’ l-Ilma Ħelu

Pisidium spp.

Pea-Mussels

BRYOZOA

Hornera lichenoides

Qroll Falz

-

ECHINODERMATA

Asterina pancerii [=

Stilla tal-Baħar

Cushion-Star

Asteriscus pancerii; Asterina

gibbosa var. pancerii]

Ophidiaster ophidianus

Stilla tal-Baħar; Salib il-

Violet Starfish

Baħar Ħamra

(b) PLANTS

RHODOPHYTA

Lithophyllum byssoides

Litofillum

Stone-Weed

(Lamarck) Foslie [=

Lithophyllum lichenoides

Philippi]

Lithophyllum trochanter

Litofillum

Stone-Weed

(Bory) Huve ex

Woelkerling [= L.

byssoides auct. fl. Melit.

non (Lamarck) Foslie]

CHLOROPHYTA

Caulerpa ollivieri Dostál

Lsien il-Baħar

Mediterranean Caulerpa

Caulerpa prolifera

Lsien il-Baħar

Mediterranean Caulerpa

(Forsskål) Lamouroux

FUCOPHYTA

Ċistosejra Kaħla

Cystoseira amentacea Bory

Rainbow Bladder-Weed

de Saint-Vincent s.l.

Ċistosejra tal-Mediterran

Cystoseira mediterranea

Mediterranean Sea-Fir

Sauvageau

Ċistosejra

Cystoseira spinosa

-

Sauvageau s.l.

Ċistosejra

Cystoseira zosteroides C.

-

Agardh

BRYOPHYTA

Ħepatika; Petalofilla

Petalophyllum ralfsii

Liverwort

(Wils.) Nees & Gott.

Riella; Ħepatika ta’ l-

Riella helicophylla (Mont.)

Liverwort

Hook.

Għadira s-Safra

FUNGI

Boletopsis grisea (Peck)

Faqqiegħ tal-Żnuber

Pine Boletus

Bondartsev & Singer

Sarcosphaera coronaria

Faqqiegħ tal-Kuruna

Violet Crown-Cup

(Jacq.) Boud [=

Sarcosphaera crassa

(Steudel) Pouzar]

PTERIDOPHYTA

Aspleniaceae

Asplenium ceterach L. [=

Felċi tal-Ħitan tas-Sejjieh

Rusty-Back Fern

Ceterach officinarum DC.]

Asplenium marinum L. [=

Felċi tal-Baħar

Sea Spleenwort

Asplenium lucidum

Boccone]

Asplenium scolopendrium

Lsien iċ-Ċerv

Hart’s Tongue-Fern

L. [= Scolopendrium

vulgare Smith]

Asplenium trichomanes L.

Felċi ta’ Għawdex

Common Spleenwort;

[= Chamaefilix

Maidenhair Spleenwort

trichomanes (L.) Farw.]

PINOPHYTA

Cupressaceae

Tetraclinis articulata

Għargħar; Siġra tal-

Araar Tree; Alerce;

(Vahl) Masters [= Callitris

Għargħar

Sandarac Gum Tree

quadrivalvis Venten. ex

Rich.]

MAGNOLIOPHYTA

Amaryllidaceae

Pancratium foetidum

Pankrazju tal-Ħarifa

Stinking Sea Daffodil

Pomel

Pancratium maritimum L.

Pankrazju; Narċis il-Baħar

Sea Daffodil; Sea

Pancratium

Aristolochiaceae

Aristolochia clusii

Papra Selvaġġa;

Southern Birthwort

Lojacono [= A. longa auct.

Aristolokja

fl. Melit. non L.]

Asteraceae (= Compositae)

Atractylis cancellata L.

Xewk tal-Gaġġa

Cage Thistle

Chondrilla juncea L.

Tfief tar-Ramel; Tfief ta’ l-

Gum-Chicory; Rush-

Għadira

Leaved Sow-Thistle

Otanthus maritimus (L.)

Santolina tar-Ramel; Bajda

Cottonweed; Sea Cudweed

Hoffmannsegg et Link [=

tar-Ramel

Diotis candidissima

Desfontaines]

Senecio pygmaeus DC. [=

Kubrita Nana

Pygmy Groundsel

Senecio leucanthemifolius

Poiret var. pygmaeus (DC.)

Fiori]

Brassicaceae (= Cruciferaceae)

Enarthrocarpus

Ravanell ta’ l-Eġittu

Winged Radish

pterocarpus

Ġarġir ta’ Kemmuna

Hymenolobus revelieri

Maltese Hymenolobus

(Jordan) Brullo subsp.

sommieri (Pampanini)

Brullo [= Hutchinsia

procumbens forma

sommieri Pampanini]

Ġiżi ta’ Malta

Matthiola incana (L.) R.

Maltese Stocks

Brown subsp. melitensis

Brullo, Lanfranco, Pavone

et Ronsisvalle

Ġiżi ta’ Spanja

Matthiola lunata DC.

Spanish Stocks

Caryophyllaceae

Silene fruticosa L

Lsien l-Għasfur tal-Blat

Shrubby Campion

Cistaceae

Borgħom; Ċistu Roza

Cistus creticus L. s.l.

Hoary Rockrose

Borgħom; Ċistu Abjad

Cistus monspeliensis L.

White Rockrose

Convolvulaceae

Calystegia soldanella (L.)

Leblieb tar-Ramel

Sand Bindweed; Sea

Brown [= Convolvulus

Bindweed

soldanella L.]

Cressa cretica

Kressa

Cressa; Salt Cresse; Grey-

Leaved Marsh Cresse

Cynomoriaceae

Cynomorium coccineum L.

Għerq Sinjur; Għerq il-

Malta Fungus

Ġeneral; Żobb l-Art

Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbia characias L.

Tengħud tal-Ħaġar

Large Mediterranean

Spurge

Euphorbia melapetala

Tengħud tal-Ħaġar

Large Sicilian Spurge

Gasparrini

Euphorbia paralias L.

Tengħud tar-Ramel

Sea Spurge

Euphorbia terracina L.

Tengħud tax-Xatt

Coast Spurge

Fabaceae

Lotus halophilus Boissier

Għantux tar-Ramel

Sand Restharrow

et Spuner

Ononis oligophylla

Trew tat-Tafal

Few-Leaved Restharrow

Hyacinthaceae

Scilla clusii Parlatore s.l.

Għansal tal-Ġonna

Maltese Squill

[includes Scilla candida

Gussone]

Scilla sicula Tineo [=

Għansal Ikħal

Sicilian Squill

Scilla peruviana L. var.

sicula (Tineo) Fiori]

Iridaceae

Iris aegyptica auct. fl.

Fjurdulis tax-Xagħri

Large-Flowered Barbary

Melit. non Delil. [=

Nut-Iris

Gynandriris sisyrinchium

(L.) Parlatore var. sensu

Lanfranco]

Iris foetidissima L.

Fjurdilis tal-Bosk

Gladdon

Iris pseudopumila Tineo

Bellus

Southern Dwarf Iris

Iris sicula Todaro [= Iris

Fjurdulis Sqalli

Sicilian Iris

pallida Lamarck var. sicula

(Todaro) Baker]

Lamiaceae (= Labiatae)

Mentha suaveolens Ehrhart

Nagħniegħ Selvaġġ

Round-Leaved Mint

[= Mentha rotundifolia (L.)

Hudson]

Liliaceae

Tulipa australis Link [=

Tulipan Selvaġġ

Wild Tulip

Tulipa sylvestris auct.

Melit. non L.]

Orchidaceae

Barlia robertiana

Orkida Kbira

Giant Orchid

(Loiseleur) Greuter [=

Himantoglossum

robertianum (Loiseleur)

Delforge]

Neotinea maculata

Orkida Rqiqa

Dense-Flowered Orchid

(Desfontaines) Stearn [=

Orchis intacta Link;

Neotinea intacta

(Desfontaines)

Reichenbach fil.)

Ophrys apifera Hudson [=

Naħla

Bee Orchid

Ophrys arachnites Miller]

Ophrys bertolonii Moretti

Dubbiena ta’ Bertoloni

Bertoloni’s Bee Orchid

Ophrys caesiella Delforge

Dubbiena ta’ Malta

Maltese Brown Orchid

Żunżana l-Kbira

Ophrys lutea Cavanilles [=

Yellow Bee Orchid

Ophrys vespifera Brotero]

Ophrys cf. mesaritica

Dubbiena Bikrija

Cretan Blue Orchid

Paulus, Alibertis et

Alibertis [= O. iricolor

subsp. mesaritica Alibertis

et Alibertis]

Ophrys cf. parosica

Dubbiena tat-Tikek

Paros Brown Orchid

Delforge

Ophrys fuciflora (F.W.

Brimba

Late Spider Orchid

Schmidt) Moench [=

Ophrys holosericea auct. fl.

Melit. non (Burm.)

Greuter]

Ophrys fusca Link s.str.

Dubbiena l-Kbira

Brown Orchid; Sombre

Bee Orchid

Ophrys fusca Link s.l.

Dubbiena

Brown Orchid

Ophrys iricolor

Dubbiena

Blue Orchid

Desfontaines s.l. [= O.

fusca subsp. iricolor

(Desfontaines) Richter s.l.]

Ophrys lacaitae Lojacono

Brimba Safra

Yellow Spider Orchid;

[= Ophrys oxyrrhynchos

Lacaita‘s Spider Orchid

subsp. lacaitae (Lojacono)

Del Prete]

Ophrys lucifera Devillers-

Dubbiena tar-Rebbiegħa

Brown Orchid

Terschuren et Devillers

Ophrys oxyrrhynchos

Brimba ta’ Sqallija

Beaked Spider Orchid

Todaro [= Ophrys fuciflora

subsp. oxyrrhynchos

(Todaro) Soó]

Ophrys pallida Rafinesque

Dubbiena Milwija

Pale Green Orchid

[= O. fusca subsp. pallida

(Rafinesque) EG Camus

Ophrys pectus Mutel [=

Dubbiena Milwija

Reflexed Brown Orchid

?O. pallida auct. fl. Melit.

non Rafinesque]

Żunżana ż-Żgħira

Ophrys sicula Tineo [=

Yellow Bee Orchid

Ophrys minor (Todaro)

Paulus et Gack; O. lutea

subsp. minor (Todaro) O

Danesch et E Danesch]

Ophrys speculum Link [=

Dubbiena Kaħla

Mirror Orchid; Mirror of

Ophrys ciliata Bivona-

Venus

Bernardi]

Ophrys sphegodes Miller

Brimba

Spider Orchid

s.l. [= Ophrys aranifera

Hudson s.l.]

Ophrys tenthredinifera

Naħla Kbira

Sawfly Orchid

Willdenow s.l [= Ophrys

tenoreana Lindley s.l.].

Orchis conica Willdenow

Orkida tat-Tikek

Milky Orchid

[= O. pusilla Tyteca;

Neotinea tridentata subsp.

Conica (Willdenow)

Bateman, Pridgeon et

Chase]

Ħajja u Mejta tal-Werqa

Orchis italica Poiret [=

Naked-Man Orchid

Orchis longicruris Link; O.

Fdewxa

undulatifolia Bivona-

Bernardi]

Orchis lactea Poiret [= O.

Orkida tat-Tikek

Milky Orchid

acuminata Desfontaines;

Neotinea lactea (Poiret)

Bateman]

Orchis longicornu Poiret [=

Orkida tal-Qrun

Horned Orchid/Long-

Anacamptis longicornu

Spurred Orchid

(Poiret) Bateman, Pridgeon

et Chase]

Orchis morio L. s.l. [=

Orkida ta‘ l-Elmu

Green Winged Orchid

Anacamptis morio (L.)

Bateman, Pridgeon et

Chase s.l.]

Orchis papilionacea L. s.l.

Farfett

Pink Butterfly Orchid

[= Anacamptis

papilionacea (L.) Bateman,

Pridgeon & Chase s.l.]

Orchis tridentata Scopoli

Orkidi tat-Tikek

Milky Orchids

s.l. [= O. variegata Allioni

s.l.; Neotinea tridentata

(Scopoli) Bateman,

Pridgeon et Chase s.l.]

Serapias bergonii E.G.

Orkida ta’ l-Ilsien ta' Lvant

Eastern Ploughshare

Camus [= Serapias

vomeracea subsp. laxiflora

(Soó) Gölz et Reinhard]

Serapias cordigera L. [=

Orkida tal-Qalb

Heart-Flowered Tongue

Serapias ovalis Rich.]

Orchid

Serapias lingua L. [=

Orkida ta’ l-Ilsien

Tongue Orchid; Tongue

Serapias columnae (Rchb.

Serapias

Fil.) Lojacono]

Serapias vomeracea

Orkida ta’ l-Ilsien Kbir

Ploughshare; Long-Lipped

(Burmann fil.) Briquet [=

Tongue Orchid

Serapias longipetala

(Tenore) Pollini]

Ħajja u Mejta tal-Ħarifa

Spiranthes spiralis (L.)

Autumn Lady’s Tresses

Chevallier [=Spiranthes

autumnalis L.C.M.

Richard]

Poaceae

Ampelodesma mauritanica

Dis

Diss

(Poiret) Durand et Schinz

[= Ampelodesma tenax

Link]

Ranunculaceae

Ċfolloq ta’ Għajn Mula

Ranunculus fontanus C.

Pond Spearwort

Presl [= R.

ophioglossifolius var.

laevis Chabert; R.

ophioglossifolius subsp.

fontanus (Presl) Hayek]

Ċfolloq ta’ l-Għadajjar

Ranunculus

Adder's Tongue Spearwort

ophioglossifolius Villars

Rosaceae

Sarcopoterium spinosum

Tursin il-Għul Xewwieki

Thorny Burnet

(L.) Spach

[= Poterium spinosum L.]

Rubiaceae

Putoria calabrica (L.f.)

Putorja

Stinking Madder

Persoon s.l. [= Asperula

calabrica L. fil. s.l.]

Ruppiaceae

Ruppia cirrhosa (Petagna)

Ruppja

Spiral Tassel-Pondweed

Grande s.l. [= Ruppia

spiralis L. ex Dumortier

Ruppia drepanensis Tineo

Ruppja ta’ l-Għadira

Lesser Tassel-Pondweed

ex Gussone [= Ruppia

maritima subsp.

drepanensis (Tineo) Maire

et Weiller; R. maritima var.

drepanensis (Tineo) K.

Schum. in Mart.]

Ruppia maritima L. s.l. [=

Ruppja tas-Salini

Beaked Tassel-Pondweed

Ruppia rostellata Koch; R.

salina Schur]

Zannichelliaceae

Ħarira ta’ l-Ilma

Zannichellia melitensis

Maltese Horned-Pondweed

Brullo, Giusso et

Lanfranco [= Zannichellia

palustris auct. fl. Melit.

non L.; = Z. pedunculata

auct. fl. Melit. non Rchb. in

Mössler]

Schedule VII

ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES OF COMMUNITY INTEREST WHOSE TAKING

IN THE WILD AND EXPLOITATION MAY BE SUBJECT TO MANAGEMENT

MEASURES

Interpretation

1. The abbreviation "spp." following the name of a genus is used to denote all species within that

genus.

2. Other references to taxa higher than genus and/or species are for the purposes of information or

classification only.

3. The abbreviation "(s.l.)", meaning ‘sensu lato’ is used to indicate that the scientific name is used

in its most extended meaning.

4. Where required, scientific synonyms of each species or lower taxon are included in square

brackets after the scientific name. These are included to facilitate interpretation of the scientific

information provided.

5. A number of scientific names are followed by the abbreviations ‘auct. fl. Melit.’ which refers to

the scientific name(s) with which that particular taxon is and/or was recorded in Maltese

biodiversity literature; this scientific name is also of legal value, since in some cases, it

represents the only reference to species whose proper scientific identification is still uncertain.

6. Where available, vernacular names, in both Maltese and English have been included for each

taxon. This information is included for clarification purposes.

(a) ANIMALS

VERTEBRATES

MAMMALS

RODENTIA

Castoridae

Castor fiber

Cricetidae

Cricetus cricetus

CARNIVORA

Canidae

Canis aureus

Canis lupus

Mustelidae

Martes martes

Mustela putorius

Felidae

Lynx lynx

Phocidae

All species not mentioned in Schedule V

Viverridae

Genetta genetta

Herpestes ichneumon

DUPLICIDENTATA

Leporidae

Lepus timidus

ARTIODACTYLA

Bovidae

Capra ibex

Capra pyrenaica (except Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica)

Rupicapra rupicapra (except Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica, Rupicapra rupicapra ornata and

Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica)

AMPHIBIANS

ANURA

Ranidae

Rana esculenta

Rana perezi

Rana ridibunda

Rana temporaria

FISH

PETROMYZONIFORMES

Petromyzonidae

Lampetra fluviatilis

Lethenteron zanandrai

ACIPENSERIFORMES

Acipenseridae

All species not mentioned in Schedule V

CLUPEIFORMES

Clupeidae

Alosa spp.

SALMONIFORMES

Salmonidae

Thymallus thymallus

Coregonus spp.

Hucho hucho

Salmo salar (only in freshwater)

CYPRINIFORMES

Cyprinidae

Aspius aspius

Barbus spp.

Pelecus cultratus

Rutilus friesii meidingeri

Rutilus pigus

SILURIFORMES

Siluridae

Silurus aristotelis

PERCIFORMES

Percidae

Gymnocephalus schraetzer

Zingel zingel

INVERTEBRATES

MOLLUSCA

GASTROPODA – STYLOMMATOPHORA

Helix pomatia

BIVALVIA – UNIONOIDA

Margaritiferidae

Margaritifera margaritifera

Unionidae

Microcondylaea compressa

Unio elongatulus

ANNELIDA

HIRUDINOIDEA – ARHYNCHOBDELLAE

Hirudinidae

Hirudo medicinalis

ARTHROPODA

CRUSTACEA

DECAPODA

Astacidae

Astacus astacus

Austropotamobius pallipes

Austropotamobius torrentium

INSECTA

LEPIDOPTERA

Saturniidae

Graellsia isabellae

(b) PLANTS

ALGAE

RHODOPHYTA

Corallinaceae

Lithothamnion coralloides (P.L. Crouan & H.M. Crouan) P.L. Crouan & H.M. Crouan [= Mesophyllum

corallioides (P.L. Crouan & H.M. Crouan) Lemoine]

Phymatholithon calcareum (Poll.) Adey & McKibbin [= Lithothamnion polymorphum (L.) Areschoug,

Lithothamnion calcareum (Pallas) Areschoug in J.Agardh]

LICHENES

Cladoniaceae

Cladonia L. subgenus Cladina (Nyl.) Vain.

BRYOPHYTA

Leucobryaceae

Leucobryum glaucum (Hedw.) AAngstr.

Sphagnaceae

Sphagnum L. spp. (except Sphagnum pylaisii Brid.)

PTERIDOPHYTA

Lycopodium spp.

MAGNOLIOPHYTA

Amaryllidaceae

Galanthus nivalis L.

Narcissus bulbocodium L.

Narcissus juncifolius Lagasca

Asteraceae (= Compositae)

Arnica montana L.

Artemisia eriantha Ten

Artemisia genipi Weber

Doronicum plantagineum L. subsp. tournefortii (Rouy) P. Cout.

Leuzea rhaponticoides Graells

Brassicaceae (= Cruciferae)

Alyssum pintadasilvae Dudley.

Malcolmia lacera (L.) DC. subsp. graccilima (Samp.) Franco

Murbeckiella pinnatifida (Lam.) Rothm. subsp. herminii (Rivas-Martinez) Greuter & Burdet

Gentianaceae

Gentiana lutea L.

Iridaceae

Iris lusitanica Ker-Gawler

Lamaiceae (= Labiatae)

Teucrium salviastrum Schreber subsp. salviastrum Schreber

Fabaceae (= Leguminosae)

Anthyllis lusitanica Cullen & Pinto da Silva

Dorycnium pentaphyllum Scop. subsp. transmontana Franco

Ulex densus Welw. ex Webb.

Liliaceae

Lilium rubrum Lmk

Ruscus aculeatus L.

Plumbaginaceae

Armeria sampaio (Bernis) Nieto Feliner

Rosaceae

Rubus genevieri Boreau subsp. herminii (Samp.) P. Cout.

Scrophulariaceae

Anarrhinum longipedicelatum R. Fernandes

Euphrasia mendonçae Samp.

Scrophularia grandiflora DC. subsp. grandiflora DC.

Scrophularia berminii Hoffmanns & Link

Scrophularia sublyrata Brot.

Schedule VIII

ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES OF NATIONAL INTEREST WHOSE TAKING IN

THE WILD AND EXPLOITATION MAY BE SUBJECT TO MANAGEMENT

MEASURES

Interpretation

1. The abbreviation "spp." following the name of a genus is used to denote all species within that

genus.

2. Other references to taxa higher than genus and/or species are for the purposes of information or

classification only.

3. The abbreviation "(s.l.)", meaning ‘sensu lato’ is used to indicate that the scientific name is used

in its most extended meaning.

4. Where required, scientific synonyms of each species or lower taxon are included in square

brackets after the scientific name. These are included to facilitate interpretation of the scientific

information provided.

5. A number of scientific names are followed by the abbreviations ‘auct. fl. Melit.’ which refers to

the scientific name(s) with which that particular taxon is and/or was recorded in Maltese

biodiversity literature; this scientific name is also of legal value, since in some cases, it

represents the only reference to species whose proper scientific identification is still uncertain.

6. Where available, vernacular names, in both Maltese and English have been included for each

taxon. This information is included for clarification purposes.

(a) ANIMALS

VERTEBRATES

FISH

ACTINOPTERYGII

ANGUILLIFORMES

Anguillidae

Anguilla anguilla

Sallura

Common European Eel

PERCIFORMES

Serranidae

Ċerna

Epinephelus marginatus [=

Dusky Grouper

Epinephelus guaza]

Scombridae

Thunnus thynnus

Tonn; Tunnaġġ

Blue-Fin Tuna

Xiphidae

Xiphias gladius

Pixxispad

Swordfish

Scianidae

Sciaena umbra

Gurbell

Brown Meagre

Umbrina cirrosa

Gurbell

Bast Umber

SYGNATHIFORMES

Sygnathidae

Syngnathus abaster

Gremxula tal-Baħar

Deep-Nosed Pipefish

CEPHALASPIDOMORPHI

MYXIONIDAE

Petromyzonidae

Petromyzon marinus

Qalfat

Sea Lamprey

ELASMOBRANCHII

LAMNIFORMES

Alopiidae

Alopias vulpinus

Pixxivolpi

Thresher Shark

Lamnidae

Isurus oxyrinchus

Pixxtondu

Shortfin Mako Shark

Lamna nasus

Pixxiplamtu

Porbeagle Shark

Odontaspididae

Carcharias taurus

Tawru

Sand Tiger Shark

CARCHARINIFORMES

Carcharhinididae

Carcharhinus brevipinna

Kelb il-Baħar

Spinner Shark

Carcharhinus limbatus

Kelb il-Baħar

Blacktip Shark

Carcharhinus plumbeus

Kelb Griż

Sandbar Shark

Ħuta Kaħla

Prionace glauca

Blue Shark

Triakidae

Galeorhinus galeus

Kelb il-Baħar

Tope Shark

HEXANCHIFORMES

Hexanchidae

Hexanchus griseus

Murruna ta’ Sitt Garġi

Bluntnose Sixgill Shark

SQUATINIFORMES

Squatinidae

Squatina squatina

Xkatlu

Angel Shark

PRISTIFORMES

Pristidae

Pristis pristis

Pixxisega; Pixxiserrieq;

Common Sawfish

Sija

Rajidae

Leucoraja melitensis [= Raja

Raja ta’ Malta

Maltese Brown Ray

melitensis]

Rostroraja alba [= Raja

Raja

White Skate

alba]

INVERTEBRATES

PORIFERA

Hippospongia communis

Xehda

Honeycomb Sponge

Spongia agaricina

Widnet l-Iljunfant

Elephant’s Ear Sponge

Spongia officinalis

Sponża tal-Ħasil

Greek Bath Sponge

Spongia zimocca

Sponża Lewn il-Ġilda

Leather Sponge

CRUSTACEA

Homarus gammarus

Iljunfant tal-Baħar

European Lobster

Maja squinado

Għaġuża

Spiny Spider Lobster

Palinurus elephas

Awwista

Common Spiny Lobster

Ċkala; Ċkala Ħamra

Scyllarus latus [= Scyllarides

Flat Lobster; European

latus]

Paddle-Nosed Lobster

Ċkala

Scyllarus pigmaeus

Pygmy Flat Lobster

Ċkala

Scyllarus arctus

Small Flat Lobster

ECHINODERMATA

Paracentrotus lividus

Rizza

Stony Sea-Urchin; Rock-

Urchin

(b) PLANTS

HYMENOMYCETES

Pleurotus eryngii (DC. Ex

Faqqiegħ tal-Ferla

Oyster Mushroom

Fr.) Quel. s.l.

LICHENES

Leħjet ix-Xiħ; Ħażiż tal-

Rocella phycopsis Ach. [=

Rocella

Rocella fucoids Vainio]

Presepju

MAGNOLIOPHYTA

Amaryllidaceae

Narcissus elegans (Haworth)

Narċis Imwaħħar Skars

Elegant Narcissus

Spach

Narcissus tazetta L. s.l

Narċis; Ranċis

French Daffodil

Apiaceae

Apium graveolens L.

Karfus Selvaġġ

Wild Celery

Capparaceae

Capparis orientalis Veillard

Kappar

Caper Bush

[= Capparis rupestris

Sibthorp & Smith; C. spinosa

subsp. rupestris (Sm.)

Nyman; C. spinosa var.

inermis Turra]

Capparis spinosa L.

Kappar tax-Xewk

Spiny Caper

Cymodoceaceae

Alka Rqiqa; Ċimodocja

Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria)

Lesser Neptune-Grass

Ascherson

Ericaceae

Erica multiflora L.

Erika; Issopu; Savina;

Mediterranean Heath

Sagħtar Aħmar; Leħjet ix-

Xiħ

Fabaceae

Ħatba s-Sewda

Anthyllis hermanniae L.

Shrubby Kidney-Vetch

Hyacinthaceae

Ħalib it-Tajr; Ħara ta`-

Ornithogalum arabicum L.

Large Star-of-Bethlehem

Ċawl

Ħalib it-Tajr il-Komuni

Ornithogalum narbonense L.

Southern Star-of-

Bethlehem

Urginea pancration

Għansar; Basal ta’ l-

Maltese Seaside Squill

(Steinheil) Philippe

Għansar

Lamiaceae (= Labiatae)

Ballota nigra L. s.l.

Marrubja s-Sewda

Black Horehound

Marrubium vulgare L.

Marrubja l-Bajda

White Horehound

Rosmarinus officinalis L.

Klin

Rosemary

Salvia fruticosa Miller [=

Salvja Selvaġġa; Salvja

Three-Lobed Sage

Salvia triloba L. fil.]

ta’ Sqallija

Salvia officinalis L.

Salvja; Salvja ta’ l-Ikel

Common Sage

Satureja graeca L. s.l. [=

Sagħrija Griega

Greek Savory

Micromeria graeca (L.)

Bentham s.l.]

Satureja microphylla

Xpakkapietra; Xaqq il-

Maltese Savory

(D'Urville) Gussone [=

Blat; Sagħtrija;

Micromeria microphylla

Spakkapjetra

(D’Urville) Bentham]

Liliaceae

Ruscus hypophyllum L.

Belladonna; Rusku

Greater Butcher’s Broom

Orchidaceae

Anacamptis pyramidalis (L.)

Orkida Piramidali

Common Pyramidal

L.C.M. Richard

Orchid

Ranunculaceae

Adonis microcarpa DC.

Għallet is-Serduk; Għan

Pheasant’s Eye

is- Serduk; Henna