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) |
300 pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6 |
| Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis |
LC |
breeding (2001) |
2,463 pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2 |
| 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) |
163 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 2008 |
Ponta da Restinga
|
Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies (IV) |
52 |
| 2008 |
Ilhéu de Baixo
|
Reserva Natural (Ib) |
15 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Introduced vegetation |
- |
|
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
| Shrubland |
- |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| nature conservation and research |
- |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ilhéu de Baixo e Costa Adjacente (Portugal). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ilhéu-de-baixo-e-costa-adjacente-iba-portugal on 26/12/2024.
