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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding	2007	min 80 breeding pairs	C6
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	resident	2007	89 breeding pairs	B3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1993	Laguna y arenal de Valdoviño	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	2
1997	Costa Ártabra	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6
2000	Costa de Ferrolterra - Valdoviño	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	31
2004	Costa de Ferrolterra-Valdoviño	Zona de Especial Protección de los Valores Naturales	28
2004	Costa Ártabra	Zona de Especial Protección de los Valores Naturales	13
2004	Lagoa e Areal de Valdoviño	Humedal Protegido	3
2014	Espacio marino de la Costa de Ferrolterra - Valdoviño	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	48
2014	Espacio marino de la Costa de Ferrolterra-Valdoviño	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	48

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland		50
Artificial/Terrestrial		25
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Grassland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	20
forestry	15
agriculture	10
fisheries/aquaculture	-
military	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ferrolterra-Valdoviño coast (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ferrolterra-valdoviño-coast-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.