Ilhas do Litoral Sul do Espírito Santo (Brazil) IBA | Details

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Ilhas do Litoral Sul do Espírito Santo

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2006 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
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding (1992–2004)	10,000–13,000 birds	A4i

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2006. The most recent assessment (2024) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2024	good	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	habitat	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Savanna	good (>90%)	good (>90%)	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	likely in long term (>4 years)	whole of population/area (>90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	major (>10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ilhas do Litoral Sul do Espírito Santo (Brazil). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ilhas-do-litoral-sul-do-espírito-santo-iba-brazil on 25/12/2024.