Cabeço do Fogo (Portugal) IBA | Summary

PT058

Cabeço do Fogo

Current view: summary

Country/territory: Portugal

IBA criteria met: B3, C2, C6 (2002)
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Area: 995 hectares (9.95 km²)

Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves

Site description (2002 baseline)
The site is a set of several hills with native laurisilva forest and macaronesean woodland, as well as some peatland.

Key biodiversity
One of the most important sites for the Azorean Wood Pigeon and the Canary in all the archipelago. Also interesting for several endemic subspecies of passerines, e.g. the Chaffinch, the Goldcrest and the Blackcap.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cabeço do Fogo (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cabeço-do-fogo-iba-portugal on 23/12/2024.