Porto Santo Oeste (Portugal) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Porto Santo Oeste

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	breeding	2002	rare	B2, C6
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding	2002	rare	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2002	frequent	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.

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	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 area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	Not assessed	Not assessed	low

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	-
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
not utilised	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Porto Santo Oeste (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/porto-santo-oeste-iba-portugal on 23/11/2024.