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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2002 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Common Woodpigeon Columba palumbus	LC	resident (2002)	common	C2, C6
Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina	VU	resident (2002)	238 individuals	A1, A2, C1, C2, C6
Island Canary Serinus canaria	LC	resident (2002)	common	A2, B3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1988	Graminhais	Nature Reserve (-)	-
2008	Tronqueira e Planalto dos Graminhais	Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies (IV)	81
2008	Pico da Vara	Reserva Natural (Ib)	12
2008	Furnas	Paisagem Protegida (V)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Forestry plantations
Forest	-	Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Introduced vegetation	-
Shrubland	-

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pico da Vara (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pico-da-vara-iba-portugal on 16/01/2025.