Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| 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 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 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Grassland |
- |
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
| Marine Neritic |
- |
|
| Shrubland |
- |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
| nature conservation and research |
- |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
| hunting |
- |
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 23/12/2024.
