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Ponta Branca
Protected Area for the Management of Habitats or Species
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This protected area has 101.52 hectares and is located on the southeast coast of Graciosa island.
It is mainly formed by coastal sea-cliffs of particular geological materials, dominated by natural and semi-natural covers of these sea-cliffs, in an area with coastal ridges of difficult access.
In this habitat, we find seabirds’ colonies, of which stands out the Cory’s Shearwater (Calonectris borealis) and the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), and examples of the Azorean endemic flora, such as the Azorean Crowberry (Corema azoricum), the Azorean Heather (Erica azorica), the Azorean Coastal Fescue (Festuca petraea), the Azorean St. John's Wort (Hypericum foliosum) and the Azorean Bishopsweed (Ammi trifoliatum).
This protected area integrates the Ponta Branca Special Area of Conservation (SAC) within the Natura 2000 network, as well as the Serra Branca Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA), of the BirdLife International organization.