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The site was identified as important in 2008 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
Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro	LC	breeding	1999	220-245 breeding pairs	B1ii, C2
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding	1996-2001	15,999 individuals	A4ii, B1ii, C2
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	breeding	1999	125-200 breeding pairs	B1ii, C2
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding	2004-2008	92-390 breeding pairs	B1ii, C2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Ilha Santa Maria	Natural Park	-
1987	Costa Norte (Ilha de Santa Maria)	Área Protegida de Gestão de Recursos	6
1987	Costa Sul (Ilha de Santa Maria)	Área Protegida de Gestão de Recursos	6
1987	Baía de S. Lourenço	Área Protegida de Gestão de Recursos	<1
1987	Baía de S. Lourenço	Paisagem Protegida	<1
1997	Ponta do Castelo - Ilha de Sta. Maria	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2005	Barreiro da Faneca	Paisagem Protegida	<1
2008	Ilhéu da Vila	Reserva Natural	<1
2008	Baía do Cura	Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies	<1
2008	Baía da Maia	Paisagem Protegida	<1
2008	Ponta do Castelo	Área Protegida para a Gestão de Habitats ou Espécies	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	24
military	-
tourism/recreation	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Santa Maria (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/santa-maria-iba-portugal on 23/11/2024.