Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina |
LC |
breeding (1999) |
61,000 pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6 |
| Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro |
LC |
resident (1994) |
1,000 pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6 |
| Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis |
LC |
breeding (2000) |
15,000 pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6 |
| Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri |
LC |
resident (1995) |
4,100 pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6 |
| Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
5,000 pairs |
A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6 |
| Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii |
LC |
resident (2002) |
100–200 pairs |
B3 |
| A4iii Species group - seabirds |
n/a |
breeding (1994–2000) |
86,100 pairs |
A4iii, C4 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1971 |
Ilhas Selvagens
|
Reserva Natural (Ia) |
100
|
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Grassland |
- |
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
| Marine Neritic |
- |
|
| Shrubland |
- |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| nature conservation and research |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Selvagens (Portugal). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/selvagens-iba-portugal on 22/12/2024.
