Baía do Varadouro (Portugal) IBA | Details

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Baía do Varadouro

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2002 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
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding (2001)	2,324 pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2008	Varadouro-Castelo Branco	Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies (IV)	47
2008	Castelo Branco	Área Protegida de Gestão de Recursos (VI)	9
2008	Morro do Castelo Branco	Reserva Natural (Ib)	7

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Introduced vegetation	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Shrubland	-

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
not utilised	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Baía do Varadouro (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/baía-do-varadouro-iba-portugal on 28/12/2024.