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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2011 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 Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	passage (2007)	16,797–16,994 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	resident (2000)	50–60 pairs	C6
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea	NT	passage (2008)	53,235–163,851 birds	A1, C1
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	passage (2006–2008)	27,955–192,647 birds	A4ii, B1ii, C2
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus	LC	passage (2008)	16,784–298,696 birds	A4ii, B1ii, C3
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus	CR	passage (2006–2008)	19,738–33,735 birds	A1, A4ii, B1ii, C1, C2
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	LC	passage (2007)	504,491–1,174,305 birds	A4ii, B1ii, C3
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	winter (2009)	present	A4i, B1i, C2
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	passage (2006–2008)	1,186–14,770 birds	A4i, B1i, C2
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	winter (2009)	present	A4i, B1i, C3
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	passage (2007)	18,498–20,576 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	passage (2006–2008)	398–1,516 birds	B1i, C2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	passage (2006–2008)	16,593–37,154 birds	A4i, B1i, C2
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	passage (2006–2008)	9,058–38,889 birds	A4i, B1i, C2
Arctic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus	LC	passage (2008)	1,810–11,671 birds	B1ii, C3
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus	LC	passage (2008)	1,675–5,069 birds	B1ii, C3
Great Skua Catharacta skua	LC	passage (2008)	3,196–6,290 birds	A4ii, B1ii, C3
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident (2009)	8 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1991	Cabo Busto	National Game Reserve (-)	1
1995	El Cabo Peñas	Paisaje Protegido (V)	11
2002	Isla La Deva y el Playón de Bayas	Monumento Natural (III)	<1
2002	Turbera de Las Dueñas	Monumento Natural (III)	<1
2002	Charca de Zeluán y Ensenada de Llodero	Monumento Natural (III)	<1
2006	Playa de El Espartal	Monumento Natural (III)	<1
2014	Espacio marino de Cabo Peñas	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	64

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

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	26
not utilised	26
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cape Busto-Luanco (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cape-busto-luanco-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.