Ponta do Pargo (Portugal) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Ponta do Pargo

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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	breeding	2002	common	A2, B3
Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro	LC	resident	2000	300 breeding 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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

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	negligible
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 area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	Not assessed	Not assessed	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1982	Madeira	Parque Natural	5

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
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	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.