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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2009

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle	LC	breeding	2000	57 individuals	B2
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	breeding	2002	16 breeding pairs	B1iii

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)
West Connacht Coast SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	65,988	protected area overlaps with site	0
Clare Island SPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1,006	protected area overlaps with site	0
Clare Island Cliffs SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	354	protected area overlaps with site	72

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Sea	Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Clare Island cliffs. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 20/01/2021.