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Bafador-Baca


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2022 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List Season (year[s] of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii NT breeding (2019–2021) 104 mature individuals B1a


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bafador-Baca (Cape Verde). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bafador-baca-iba-cape-verde on 07/12/2024.