Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Plain Swift Apus unicolor |
LC |
breeding (2002) |
frequent |
A2, B3 |
| Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro |
LC |
resident (1994) |
1,000 pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6 |
| Cape Verde Petrel Pterodroma feae |
NT |
breeding (2002) |
180–250 pairs |
A1, A4ii, B1ii, C1, C2, C6 |
| Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
6,000 pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6 |
| Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri |
LC |
resident (1994) |
300 pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6 |
| Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
1,500 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 pairs |
A2, B3 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Grassland |
- |
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
| forestry |
- |
| nature conservation and research |
- |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
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 23/12/2024.
