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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	2008	16,149-51,219 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	winter	2009	present	A4i, B1i, C3
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea	NT	passage	2008	26,652-69,096 individuals	A1, C1
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	passage	2004-2008	37,773-144,549 individuals	A4ii, B1ii, C2, C6
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus	LC	passage	2008	56,672-317,339 individuals	A4ii, B1ii, C3
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus	CR	passage	2004-2008	20,384-42,504 individuals	A1, A4ii, B1ii, C1, C2
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	LC	passage	2008	537,681-1,047,679 individuals	A4ii, B1ii, C3
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	winter	2010	518-682 individuals	A1, C1
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	winter	2009	present	C2
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	passage	2008	194-7,541 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	passage	2009	min 156,750 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	winter	2009	present	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	passage	2004-2008	20,068-114,140 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	winter	2009	present	A4i, B1i, C2
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	passage	2004-2008	26,387-43,197 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Arctic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus	LC	passage	2008	3,435-7,630 individuals	B1ii, C3
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus	LC	passage	2008	3,302-5,154 individuals	B1ii, C3
Great Skua Catharacta skua	LC	passage	2008	4,950-12,379 individuals	A4ii, B1ii, C3

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2011. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Pollution	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	Not assessed	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1933	Estaca de Bares	Sitio Natural de Interés Nacional	<1
1989	Rías de Ortigueira y Ladrido	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	3
1997	Costa Ártabra	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1999	Ortigueira - Mera	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1999	Estaca de Bares	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2003	Costa da Mariña occidental	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2004	Ortigueira-Mera	Zona de Especial Protección de los Valores Naturales	3
2004	Costa Ártabra	Zona de Especial Protección de los Valores Naturales	2
2004	Costa da Mariña Occidental	Zona de Especial Protección de los Valores Naturales	2
2004	Ría de Ortigueira e Ladrido	Zona de Especial Protección de los Valores Naturales	2
2004	Ría de Ortigueira e Ladrido	Humedal Protegido	1
2004	Estaca de Bares	Zona de Especial Protección de los Valores Naturales	1
2004	Costa da Mariña Occidental	Zona de Especial Protección de los Valores Naturales	<1
2004	Costa da Mariña occidental	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2006	Ría de Ortigueira e Ladrido	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3
2014	Espacio marino de Punta de Candelaira - Ria de Ortigueira - Estaca de Bares	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	88
2014	Espacio marino de Punta de Candelaria-Ría de Ortigueira-Estaca de Bares	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	88

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations	50
Shrubland		25
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	26
agriculture	26
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cape Candelaria-Ortigueira estuary-Cape Estaca de Bares (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cape-candelaria-ortigueira-estuary-cape-estaca-de-bares-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.