Current view: Text account
Site description (2002 baseline):
Site location and context
A IBA compreende a zona da Baía das Contendas e a baía a norte desta, incluíndo o Ilhéu da Mina, e estende-se pela falésia para ambos os lados das duas baías. De entre os habitats presentes são de salientar as falésias com vegetação das costas macaronésicas e a vegetação vivaz das costas macaronésicas.
Important for breeding seabirds. Had the largest colony of Roseate Terns of the archipelago for the last years.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Seabird colonies are disturbed by illegal recreation activities and affected by killings, especially at Ponta das Contendas. The absence of the establishment of the SPA by the regional law constitutes a weakness in its surveillance and legal protection. There is a management plan for the SPA Ponta das Contendas
National none
International Special Protection Area Ponta das Contendas
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Contendas (Portugal). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/contendas-iba-portugal on 23/12/2024.
