Berlenga and Farilhões islands (Portugal) IBA | Details

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Berlenga and Farilhões islands

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
Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro	LC	breeding (1995)	200–400 pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding (2002)	117–220 pairs	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident (1995)	2 pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (2001)	min 10,000 pairs	A4iii, C4

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Ilhas Berlengas	Biogenetic Reserves (-)	-
1981	Berlengas	Reserva Natural (IV)	100
2011	Berlengas	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	-
2015	Berlengas	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	100

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
military	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Berlenga and Farilhões islands (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/berlenga-and-farilhões-islands-iba-portugal on 27/12/2024.