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Pedra Badejo lagoons


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
Cape Verde Swamp-warbler Acrocephalus brevipennis VU resident (1996) present A1, A2

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pedra Badejo lagoons (Cape Verde). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pedra-badejo-lagoons-iba-cape-verde on 24/12/2024.