Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2008 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 (2002–2003) |
125 pairs |
B1ii, C2 |
| Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis |
LC |
breeding (2005) |
800 pairs |
C6 |
| Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus |
CR |
winter (2005) |
1,200–1,400 birds |
A1, A4ii, B1ii, C2 |
| Northern Gannet Morus bassanus |
LC |
winter (2005–2007) |
12,750 birds |
B1ii, C3 |
| Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis |
LC |
resident (2008) |
25,000 birds |
B1ii, C3 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1981 |
Berlengas
|
Reserva Natural (IV) |
5 |
| 2011 |
Berlengas
|
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA) |
<1 |
| 2015 |
Berlengas
|
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA) |
5 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Neritic |
100 |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| nature conservation and research |
5 |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
| military |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Berlengas (Portugal). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/berlengas-iba-portugal on 24/12/2024.
