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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
Plain Swift Apus unicolor	LC	resident	2002	abundant	A2, B3
Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro	LC	resident	2000	common	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	breeding	2001	rare	C6
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii	LC	breeding	2000	118-177 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding	1993	rare	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2002	common	C6
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii	LC	resident	2002	abundant	A2, B3
Island Canary Serinus canaria	LC	resident	2002	abundant	A2, B3

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
1982	Madeira	Parque Natural	100
1982	Ponta de São Lourenço	Reserva Parcial	72
1982	Ilheu do Desembarcadouro	Reserva Natural Integral	18
1982	Prainha	Reserva de Recreio e Montanha	<1
1995	Ponta de S. Lourenço	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	87
2014	Ponta de S. Lourenço	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	96

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Neritic		-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ponta de São Lourenço (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ponta-de-são-lourenço-iba-portugal on 23/11/2024.