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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
Plain Swift Apus unicolor	LC	breeding	2002	frequent	A2, B3
Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro	LC	resident	1994	1,000 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Cape Verde Petrel Pterodroma feae	NT	breeding	2002	180-250 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii, B1ii, C1, C2, C6
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding	1994	6,000 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	resident	1994	300 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii	LC	breeding	1994	1,500 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii	LC	resident	2002	common	A2, B3
Island Canary Serinus canaria	LC	resident	2002	1,000 breeding pairs	A2, B3

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
1990	Ilhas Desertas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1990	Ilhas Desertas	Reserva Natural	100
1991	Ilhas Desertas	Biogenetic Reserves	100
1994	Ilhas Desertas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2004	Ilhas Desertas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ilhas Desertas (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ilhas-desertas-iba-portugal on 23/11/2024.