The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 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 |
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Brown Booby Sula leucogaster | LC | breeding (-) | 1,500–3,000 pairs | A4ii |
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus | LC | breeding (-) | 4,000–8,000 pairs | A4i |
Black Noddy Anous minutus | LC | breeding (-) | 10,000–20,000 pairs | A4i |
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus | LC | breeding (-) | 100,000 pairs | A4i |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | breeding (-) | 100,000-499,999 birds | A4iii |
Land use | % of IBA |
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other | - |
not utilised | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tinhosas islands (São Tomé e Príncipe). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tinhosas-islands-iba-são-tomé-e-príncipe on 23/12/2024.