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Country/territory: Morocco

IBA criteria met: A1, A4ii (2016)
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Area: 389,466 ha

Groupe de Recherche pour la Protection des Oiseaux au Maroc

Site summary
This marine IBA is intensively used for foraging by the Cory’s shearwaters from the colonies located in Selvagem (Portugal, Madeira) and Alegranza (Spain, Canaries) during the chick-rearing period.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Canary current shelf 1 (Morocco). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/canary-current-shelf-1-iba-morocco on 22/11/2024.