CV012
Central mountain range of Ilha de São Nicolau


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2022 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
Cape Verde Swift Apus alexandri LC resident (1996) present A2
Cape Verde Petrel Pterodroma feae NT breeding (2020–2022) 84 mature individuals A4, B1a
Cape Verde Petrel Pterodroma feae NT non-breeding (2018–2022) 1,547–1,931 mature individuals A4, B1a
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus LC resident (-) present A1
Cape Verde Swamp-warbler Acrocephalus brevipennis VU resident (1996) present A1, A2

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
not utilised -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Central mountain range of Ilha de São Nicolau (Cape Verde). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/central-mountain-range-of-ilha-de-são-nicolau-iba-cape-verde on 23/12/2024.