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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
Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus	LC	resident (2000)	common	C2, C6
Island Canary Serinus canaria	LC	resident (2000)	common	B3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Cabeço do Fogo	Partial Nature Reserve (-)	-
2008	Zona Central (Ilha do Faial)	Paisagem Protegida (V)	77
2008	Cabeço do Fogo	Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies (IV)	3
2008	Capelinhos, Costa Noroeste e Varadouro	Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies (IV)	2

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Introduced vegetation	-
Shrubland	-

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-

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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.