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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
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1996	10-150 breeding pairs	C6

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Leixão da Gaivota (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/leixão-da-gaivota-iba-portugal on 23/11/2024.