Ilhéu de Curral Velho and adjacent coastal area (Cape Verde)

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Ilhéu de Curral Velho and adjacent coastal area

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2022 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
Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii	NT	breeding	2006-2019	530-616 mature individuals	A4, B1a
Cape Verde Sparrow Passer iagoensis	LC	resident	1996	present	A2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2022) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2022. The most recent assessment (2022) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2022	favourable	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus	4	4	mature individuals	100	favourable
Cape Verde Storm-petrel Hydrobates jabejabe	83	83	mature individuals	100	favourable
Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii	616	616	mature individuals	100	favourable
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster	308	308	mature individuals	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1990	Ilheu Curral Velho	Nature Reserve	8
2005	Curral Velho	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	61

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ilhéu de Curral Velho and adjacent coastal area (Cape Verde). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ilhéu-de-curral-velho-and-adjacent-coastal-area-iba-cape-verde on 23/11/2024.