Kerry Head


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2009 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
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax LC breeding (2002) 30 pairs B1iii

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Grassland 62 Mesophile grasslands
Shrubland 35 Heathland
Artificial/Terrestrial 3 Arable land
Marine Coastal/Supratidal minor (<10)

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture major (>10)


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kerry Head (Ireland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kerry-head-iba-ireland on 23/12/2024.