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) |
5–10 pairs |
B2 |
| Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis |
LC |
breeding (2001) |
2,600 pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2 |
| Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri |
LC |
breeding (1997) |
35–70 pairs |
B1ii, B2, C2, C6 |
| Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii |
LC |
breeding (2000) |
30 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2 |
| Common Tern Sterna hirundo |
LC |
breeding (2000) |
280 pairs |
C6 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1984 |
Ilhéu do Topo
|
Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies (IV) |
4 |
| 1984 |
Ilhéu do Topo
|
Nature Reserve (IV) |
-
|
| 2011 |
Costa do Topo
|
Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies (IV) |
55 |
| 2011 |
Topo
|
Área Protegida de Gestão de Recursos (VI) |
8 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Introduced vegetation |
- |
|
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
| Shrubland |
- |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
- |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
| nature conservation and research |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ilhéu do Topo e Costa Adjacente (Portugal). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ilhéu-do-topo-e-costa-adjacente-iba-portugal on 23/12/2024.
