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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
White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina	LC	breeding	1999	61,000 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Band-rumped Storm-petrel Hydrobates castro	LC	resident	1994	1,000 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis	LC	breeding	2000	15,000 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri	LC	resident	1995	4,100 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii	LC	breeding	1994	5,000 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B2, C2, C6
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii	LC	resident	2002	100-200 breeding pairs	B3
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	1994-2000	86,100 breeding pairs	A4iii, C4

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1971	Ilhas Selvagens	Reserva Natural	100
1988	Ilhas Selvagens	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1994	Ilhas Selvagens	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2003	Ilhas Selvagens	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Neritic		-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Selvagens (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/selvagens-iba-portugal on 22/11/2024.