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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 ('triggering') IBA criteria.

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

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro	LC	breeding (1997)	20–40 pairs	B2, C2, C6
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding (2001)	3,909 pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	breeding (1997)	40–80 pairs	B1ii, B2, C2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1987	Costa Sul (Ilha de Santa Maria)	Área Protegida de Gestão de Recursos (VI)	8
1987	Baia da Maia	Nature Reserve (IV)	-
2008	Baía do Cura	Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies (IV)	51
2008	Ponta do Castelo	Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies (IV)	31

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ponta da Malbusca e Ponta do Castelete (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ponta-da-malbusca-e-ponta-do-castelete-iba-portugal on 27/12/2024.