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 |
| Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro |
LC |
breeding (1997) |
400–500 pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6 |
| Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri |
LC |
breeding (1997) |
50 pairs |
B1ii, B2, C2 |
| Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii |
LC |
breeding (1997) |
1–10 pairs |
B2, C6 |
| Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii |
LC |
breeding (2000) |
31 pairs |
C2, C6 |
| Common Tern Sterna hirundo |
LC |
breeding (2000) |
951 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 (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ilhéu da Praia (Portugal). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ilhéu-da-praia-iba-portugal on 23/12/2024.
