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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
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding (2001)	3,822 pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2008	Ponta do Cintrão	Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies (IV)	45
2008	Ponta do Cintrão-Ponta da Maia	Área Protegida de Gestão de Recursos (VI)	24

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ponta do Cintrão (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ponta-do-cintrão-iba-portugal on 28/12/2024.