• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

Site description (2022 baseline):

Rombo Islets group is composed by a group of 5 islet: Grande (2.5 km²), Luis Carneiro, Rei and Sapado islets which are smaller 0.25 km² and Cima that is the main islet in terms of biodiversity presence. Cima is a rocky flat islet with 1.5 km² and a small hill (~77 m high) on the southern side, with 22 small beaches and Rocky areas form small tidal pools and some flat intertidal zones. The small beaches show a variation of white and black sand on the Est and West side of the islet

22 species of non-marine birds identified, four of which are endemic to Cape Verde: Apus alexandri, Bubulcus ibis, Egretta garzetta, Charadrius hiaticula, Pluvialis dominica, Pluvialis squatarola, Pluvialis squatarola, Falco alexandri, Falco peregrinus, Delichon urbicum, Larus fuscus, Pandion haliaetus, Passer iagoensis, Coturnix coturnix, Arenaria interpres, Calidris alba, Calidris ferrugínea, Numenius phaeopus Tringa nebularia, Tringa totanus, Sylvia atricapila, Tyto alba detorta; 21 endemic plant species identified, including 4 Cape Verde endemics – Kickixias elegans, Periploca chavaleri, Lotus brunneri, Limonium braunni; About 6800 nests of Caretta caretta in the 2021 season; 4 endemic species of terrestrial reptiles with the highlight being the largest lizard of Cape Verde, Chioninia vaillantii. All the submerged biodiversity around the islets is still little known. Zona de reprodução de 5 especie de ave marinha de Cabo Verde Hydrobates jabejabe, Puffinus lherminieri boydi, Pelagodroma marina eadesorum and Bulweria bulwerii, Phaethon aethereus

Projecto Vitó, Univerisdade de Barcelona, MAVA Foundation, BirdLife International, DNA, SPEA, Municipality of Brava Island. . Site identified during the MAVA funded project: "Conserving the seabirds of Cabo Verde" (2020 - 2022). Partner consultation supported by Ana Veiga (BirdLife Project Manager, Cabo Verde) and Jonathan Handley (BirdLife, UK). Site identification supported by: Samir Martins (BIOS.CV), Herculano Dinis (Projecto Vitó), Albert Taxonera (Associação Projeto Biodiversidade), Marcos Hernández (Associação Projeto Biodiversidade), Isabel Fortes (Biosfera), Catelene Monteiro (Biosfera), Pedro Geraldes (SPEA ), Ariana Cabral (Lantuna), Jacob González-Solís (University of Barcelona), Teresa Militão (University of Barcelona), Vitor Paiva (University of Coimbra)

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ilhéus do Rombo (Cape Verde). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ilhéus-do-rombo-iba-cape-verde on 23/12/2024.