Porto Inglês salt flats

Porto Inglês salt flats is a saline wetland in the southwestern part of the island of Maio, Cape Verde, northwest of the city Porto Inglês. It is a protected area and a Ramsar site. It encompasses ecological, landscape, historical and cultural values. The site is frequented by species of birds of conservation interest, some of them protected by national laws and international conventions, and some endemic to the archipelago.

Fauna

The site supports cream-coloured courser and the endangered loggerhead sea turtle. It hosts characteristic sand dune and wetland birds, including the greater hoopoe-lark, the black-crowned sparrow lark, bar-tailed lark, the sanderling and the bar-tailed godwit. It also has an important population of the Kentish plover: 50% of the total population of Cape Verde.