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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2002

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro	LC	breeding	1997	400-500 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis	LC	breeding	1997	50 breeding pairs	B1ii, B2, C2
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii	LC	breeding	1997	1-10 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding	2000	31 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2000	951 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Ilhéu da Praia - Ilha Graciosa	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	10	protected area overlaps with site	6
Ilhéu da Praia	Reserva Natural	219	protected area contains site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Shrubland		-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores, Rock stacks and islets	-
Introduced vegetation		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
not utilised	-
tourism/recreation	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Ilhéu da Praia. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 15/01/2021.