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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2009 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
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	breeding (2002)	56 pairs	B1iii, B2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2005	Pulleen Harbour Bog NHA	Natural Heritage Area (IV)	1
2010	Kenmare River	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	5

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	50	Mesophile grasslands
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	30
Shrubland	20	Heathland

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	70
not utilised	30

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Beara peninsula (Ireland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/beara-peninsula-iba-ireland on 23/12/2024.