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SPEA is an Environmental not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support research and conservation of wild birds and their habitats, by promoting sustainable development for the benefit of future generations.

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Target species | Priority species of Flora present in Laurel Forest:

Common name	Scientific name	Taxonomic Status	Conservation status (IUCN)
--	Culcita macrocarpa	Native specie	Vulnerable
--	Trichomanes speciosum	Native specie	Endangered
Rooting chain fern	Woodwardia radicans	Native specie	Least Concern, dependent on conservation
--	Arceuthobium azoricum	Azorean Endemism	Endangered
-	Rumex azoricus	Azorean Endemism	Endangered
Azorean Heather	Erica azorica	Azorean Endemism	Least Concern, dependent on conservation
Azorean Plum tree	Prunus azorica	Azorean Endemism	Critically Endangered
-	Frangula azorica	Azorean Endemism	Endangered
-	Picconia azorica	Azorean Endemism	Endangered
-	Ammi trifoliatum	Azorean Endemism	Endangered
Azorean Juniper	Juniperus brevifolia	Azorean Endemism	Endangered

Note:

Native species: animal or plant species that are natural to a certain place, but it can existint also in other places.espécie

Endemic species: animal or plant species that are natural to a certain place and do not existe anywhere else.

Get to know more on Azorean Biodiversity in: SIARAM (http://siaram.azores.gov.pt) and Portal da Biodiversidade da UAç (http://www.azoresbioportal.angra.uac.pt).

Target species | Priority fauna species in Laurel Forest:

The recovery of natural forest will also benefit some animal species present in the area. Of great importance there is the Priolo (Azores Bullfinch) - Pyrrhula murina - a priority species in annex I of Bird Directive, the only Azorean endemic bird present in this area of São Miguel island (Azores) and which population is reduzed to close to 500-800 couples. It was one of the most threatened birds in Europe being classified by the BirdLife International as "Critically endangered". Their population had a great recover in the recent years thanks to conservation actions developed in the area by LIFE Priolo Project (2003-2008) , alowing it conservation status to be raisen to just "Endangered".

The Woodpingeon - Columba palumbus azorica - is a priority subspecies in the annex I of Birds Directive, will be other beneficiary of this project, as well as many endemic subspecies of passerines, specially Goldcrest (Regulus regulus azoricus), Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla Atlantis), Grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea patriciae) and Blackbird (Turdus merula azorica).

This recovery works will also be important for Chiroptera species present in the area: the Greated Mouse Eared Bat (Myotis myotis) and the Azorean Bat (Nyctalus azoreum),this last being the only endemic mammal in the Azores and it is classified as Rare in the Portuguese Redlist of Vertebrates (2006).

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