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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2002 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
Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro	LC	breeding (1997)	20–40 pairs	B2, C2
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding (2001)	17,555 pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	breeding (1997)	255–475 pairs	B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding (2000)	700 pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding (2000)	700 pairs	C2, C6
Island Canary Serinus canaria	LC	resident (1997)	common	B3
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (2001)	10,000-19,999 pairs	A4iii, C4

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2011	Zona Central e Falésias da Costa Oeste	Paisagem Protegida (V)	34
2011	Costa Sul e Sudoeste (Ilha das Flores)	Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies (IV)	19
2011	Costa Norte (Ilha das Flores)	Área Protegida de Gestão de Recursos (VI)	14
2011	Costa Nordeste (Ilha das Flores)	Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies (IV)	5
2011	Ponta da Caveira	Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies (IV)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Introduced vegetation	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Shrubland	-

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Costa das Flores (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/costa-das-flores-iba-portugal on 23/12/2024.