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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	2004	min 20,256 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Loon Gavia immer	LC	passage	1995	min 50 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Common Loon Gavia immer	LC	winter	2010	18-39 individuals	C6
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding	2004	min 20 breeding pairs	C6
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea	NT	passage	2004	min 42,807 individuals	A1, C1
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	passage	1999-2004	67,970 individuals	A4ii, B1ii, C2
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	resident	2010	present	A4ii, B1ii, C2
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus	LC	passage	2004	min 100,456 individuals	A4ii, B1ii, C3
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus	CR	passage	1999-2004	13,849 individuals	A1, A4ii, B1ii, C1, C2
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus	CR	winter	2005-2007	240-4,918 individuals	A1, A4ii, B1ii, C1, C2
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	LC	passage	2004	min 398,916 individuals	A4ii, B1ii, C3
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	resident	2007	130 breeding pairs	B3
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	resident	2010	present	C6
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini	LC	passage	2006	min 6,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	passage	1999-2004	468 individuals	C2
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	winter	2010	present	C2
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	passage	1999-2004	1,258 individuals	B1i, C2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	passage	1999-2004	min 34,327 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	passage	1999-2004	74,471 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Arctic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus	LC	passage	2004	min 3,582 individuals	B1ii, C3
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus	LC	passage	2004	min 3,591 individuals	B1ii, C3
Great Skua Catharacta skua	LC	passage	2004	min 2,526 individuals	A4ii, B1ii, C3
Common Murre Uria aalge	LC	resident	2010	1-3 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2004	32-41 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
1933	Cabo Vilan	Sitio Natural de Interés Nacional	<1
1933	Cabo Vilan	Nature Area of National Interest	<1
1997	Costa da Morte	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1999	Costa da Morte (Norte)	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1
2000	Río Anllóns	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Costa da Morte Norte	Zona de Especial Protección de los Valores Naturales	2
2004	Costa da Morte	Zona de Especial Protección de los Valores Naturales	2
2004	Río Anllóns	Zona de Especial Protección de los Valores Naturales	<1
2014	Espacio marino de la Costa da Morte	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	96
2014	Espacio marino de la Costa da Morte	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	96

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		80
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	15
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	25
fisheries/aquaculture	10
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Costa da Morte (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/costa-da-morte-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.