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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	passage	2007	16,797-16,994 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	resident	2000	50-60 breeding pairs	C6
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea	NT	passage	2008	53,235-163,851 individuals	A1, C1
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	passage	2006-2008	27,955-192,647 individuals	A4ii, B1ii, C2
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus	LC	passage	2008	16,784-298,696 individuals	A4ii, B1ii, C3
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus	CR	passage	2006-2008	19,738-33,735 individuals	A1, A4ii, B1ii, C1, C2
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	LC	passage	2007	504,491-1,174,305 individuals	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 individuals	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 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	passage	2006-2008	398-1,516 individuals	B1i, C2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	passage	2006-2008	16,593-37,154 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	passage	2006-2008	9,058-38,889 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Arctic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus	LC	passage	2008	1,810-11,671 individuals	B1ii, C3
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus	LC	passage	2008	1,675-5,069 individuals	B1ii, C3
Great Skua Catharacta skua	LC	passage	2008	3,196-6,290 individuals	A4ii, B1ii, C3
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	2009	8 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1991	Cabo Busto	National Game Reserve	1
1995	El Cabo Peñas	Paisaje Protegido	11
1999	Río Esqueiro	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2002	Isla La Deva y el Playón de Bayas	Monumento Natural	<1
2002	Turbera de Las Dueñas	Monumento Natural	<1
2002	Charca de Zeluán y Ensenada de Llodero	Monumento Natural	<1
2003	Cabo Busto-Luanco	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	8
2004	Cabo Busto-Luanco	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	22
2004	Turbera de Las Dueñas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2006	Playa de El Espartal	Monumento Natural	<1
2014	Espacio marino de Cabo Peñas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	64
2014	Espacio marino de Cabo Peñas	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	64
2014	Sistema de cañones submarinos de Avilés	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	44

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.