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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro	LC	breeding	1997	20-40 breeding pairs	B2, C2
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding	2001	17,555 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	breeding	1997	255-475 breeding pairs	B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding	2000	700 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2000	700 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Island Canary Serinus canaria	LC	resident	1997	common	B3
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	2001	10,000-19,999 breeding pairs	A4iii, C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1988	Costa Sul e Sudoeste - Ilha das Flores	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	12
1988	Costa Nordeste - Ilha das Flores	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3
1995	Costa Nordeste - Ilha das Flores	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	27
1995	Zona Central - Morro Alto - Ilha das Flores	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2008	Planalto Central das Flores	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	3
2011	Zona Central e Falésias da Costa Oeste	Paisagem Protegida	34
2011	Costa Sul e Sudoeste (Ilha das Flores)	Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies	19
2011	Costa Norte (Ilha das Flores)	Área Protegida de Gestão de Recursos	14
2011	Costa Nordeste (Ilha das Flores)	Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies	5
2011	Ponta da Caveira	Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Introduced vegetation		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Shrubland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.