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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
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding (2001)	33,487 pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	breeding (1997)	145–295 pairs	B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding (2000)	166 pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding (2000)	353 pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding (2001)	20,000-49,999 pairs	A4iii, C4

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2006	Costa e Caldeirão do Corvo	Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies (IV)	51
2006	Corvo Island	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	26
2006	Costa do Corvo	Área Protegida de Gestão de Recursos (VI)	26

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

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	-
tourism/recreation	-

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