Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2008 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 (1994) |
1,000 pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, C2 |
| Cape Verde Petrel Pterodroma feae |
NT |
breeding (2008) |
160–180 pairs |
A1, A4ii, B1ii, C1, C2 |
| Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
6,000 pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, C2 |
| Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
300 pairs |
B1ii, C2 |
| Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
1,500 pairs |
B1ii, C2 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| - |
Ilhas Desertas |
Natural Reserve (-) |
-
|
| 1990 |
Ilhas Desertas
|
Reserva Natural (Ia) |
20 |
| 1991 |
Ilhas Desertas
|
Biogenetic Reserves (-) |
-
|
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Neritic |
100 |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| nature conservation and research |
21 |
| military |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Desertas (Portugal). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/desertas-iba-portugal on 27/12/2024.
