Ponta do Pargo (Portugal) IBA | Details

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Ponta do Pargo

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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	breeding (2002)	common	A2, B3
Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro	LC	resident (2000)	300 pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus	LC	resident (2002)	frequent	C2, C6
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii	LC	resident (2002)	common	A2, B3
Island Canary Serinus canaria	LC	resident (2002)	common	A2, B3

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2002. The most recent assessment (2014) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2014	not assessed	high	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	-

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	high
Natural system modifications	likely in long term (>4 years)	some of population/area (10–49%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of area covered (<10%)	Not assessed	Not assessed	very low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1982	Madeira	Parque Natural (VI)	5

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Forestry plantations; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Urban parks and gardens; Other urban and industrial areas
Forest	-	Treeline ecotone; Native coniferous woodland
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Neritic	-
Shrubland	-	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
other	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ponta do Pargo (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ponta-do-pargo-iba-portugal on 23/12/2024.