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 IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro |
LC |
breeding (1997) |
400–500 breeding pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6 |
| Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri |
LC |
breeding (1997) |
50 breeding pairs |
B1ii, B2, C2 |
| Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii |
LC |
breeding (1997) |
1–10 breeding pairs |
B2, C6 |
| Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii |
LC |
breeding (2000) |
31 breeding pairs |
C2, C6 |
| Common Tern Sterna hirundo |
LC |
breeding (2000) |
951 breeding pairs |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 2008 |
Ilhéu da Praia
|
Reserva Natural (Ib) |
100
|
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
- |
Broadleaved evergreen woodland |
| Introduced vegetation |
- |
|
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
| Shrubland |
- |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
- |
| nature conservation and research |
- |
| not utilised |
- |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ilhéu da Praia (Portugal). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ilhéu-da-praia-iba-portugal on 26/01/2025.
