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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	passage (2004)	min 20,256 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Loon Gavia immer	LC	passage (1995)	min 50 birds	A4i, B1i, C2
Common Loon Gavia immer	LC	winter (2010)	18–39 birds	C6
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding (2004)	min 20 pairs	C6
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea	NT	passage (2004)	min 42,807 birds	A1, C1
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	passage (1999–2004)	67,970 birds	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 birds	A4ii, B1ii, C3
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus	CR	passage (1999–2004)	13,849 birds	A1, A4ii, B1ii, C1, C2
Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus	CR	winter (2005–2007)	240–4,918 birds	A1, A4ii, B1ii, C1, C2
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	LC	passage (2004)	min 398,916 birds	A4ii, B1ii, C3
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	resident (2007)	130 pairs	B3
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	resident (2010)	present	C6
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini	LC	passage (2006)	min 6,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	passage (1999–2004)	468 birds	C2
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	winter (2010)	present	C2
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	passage (1999–2004)	1,258 birds	B1i, C2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	passage (1999–2004)	min 34,327 birds	A4i, B1i, C2
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	passage (1999–2004)	74,471 birds	A4i, B1i, C2
Arctic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus	LC	passage (2004)	min 3,582 birds	B1ii, C3
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus	LC	passage (2004)	min 3,591 birds	B1ii, C3
Great Skua Catharacta skua	LC	passage (2004)	min 2,526 birds	A4ii, B1ii, C3
Common Murre Uria aalge	LC	resident (2010)	1–3 pairs	C2, C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident (2004)	32–41 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1933	Cabo Vilan	Nature Area of National Interest (IV)	<1
2014	Espacio marino de la Costa da Morte	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	96

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

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 23/12/2024.