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Mahoganies at Banana, Ribeira Montanha, Ilha de Santiago


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea LC resident (-) present A1

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
hunting -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mahoganies at Banana, Ribeira Montanha, Ilha de Santiago (Cape Verde). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mahoganies-at-banana-ribeira-montanha-ilha-de-santiago-iba-cape-verde on 27/12/2024.