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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
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	breeding	1997	25-55 breeding pairs	B1ii, B2, C2

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
2004	Cultura da Vinha-Ponta do Mistério	Paisagem Protegida	75

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Introduced vegetation		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Shrubland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mistério da Prainha (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mistério-da-prainha-iba-portugal on 23/11/2024.