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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Plain Swift Apus unicolor	LC	breeding	2002	abundant	A2, B3
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	breeding	2002	rare	C6
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii	LC	resident	2002	abundant	A2, B3
Island Canary Serinus canaria	LC	resident	2002	abundant	A2, B3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Parque Natural da Madeira	Nature Park	100
1995	Ilhéus do Porto Santo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	17
2008	Rede de Áreas Marinhas Protegidas do Porto Santo	Outra	87

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ilhéus do Porto Santo (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ilhéus-do-porto-santo-iba-portugal on 23/11/2024.