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Site description (2022 baseline):
Site location and context
Rabo de Junco Islet is a small islet of 2.4ha, located on the east of Sal island and in the northern edge of Murdeira Bay, a Marine Protected Area in Sal Island, and about 330 meters offshore from Rabo de Junco Mount. It is a flat and semi-arid islet, from volcanic origin, which facilitated the formation of many burrows, now used by the Cabo Verde Shearwater (Calonectris edwardsii), the Cabo Verde Storm-petrel (Hydrobates jabe jabe), the Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii) and the Red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus). The islet is also breeding ground for the resident Osprey (Pandion haliaetus).
Regular nesting ground for the Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) and presence of endemic terrestrial reptiles such as the genus Tarentola (species to be identified yet) and Chionina.
Universitat de Barcelona, MAVA Foundation, Birdlife International, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment - Delegation of Sal Island. Site identified during the MAVA funded project: "Conserving the seabirds of Cabo Verde" (2020 - 2022). Partner consultation supported by Ana Veiga (BirdLife Project Manager, Cabo Verde) and Jonathan Handley (BirdLife, UK). Site identification supported by: Samir Martins (BIOS.CV), Herculano Dinis (Projecto Vitó), Albert Taxonera (Associação Projeto Biodiversidade), Marcos Hernández (Associação Projeto Biodiversidade), Isabel Fortes (Biosfera), Catelene Monteiro (Biosfera), Pedro Geraldes (SPEA ), Ariana Cabral (Lantuna), Jacob González-Solís (University of Barcelona), Teresa Militão (University of Barcelona), Vitor Paiva (University of Coimbra).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rabo de Junco Islet Natural Reserve Reserva (Cape Verde). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rabo-de-junco-islet-natural-reserve-reserva-iba-cape-verde on 23/11/2024.
