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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2002

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2001	160 individuals	A1, C1
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1997	90 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	winter	2001	250 individuals	B2
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	breeding	2001	common	B2, C6
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding	2001	87-93 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	winter	2001	7,000-9,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1999	50-60 breeding pairs	C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	passage	2001	common	C6
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	winter	2001	frequent	C6
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus	LC	resident	2001	common	B2

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Transportation and service corridors	utility & service lines	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

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Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
S. Mamede	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	115,676	protected area overlaps with site	1,713
Caia	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	31,087	protected area overlaps with site	3,847

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Albufeira do Caia. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/19682 on 04/06/2023.