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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	2001	rare	C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	2001	20-25 individuals	B2, C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	2001	10-12 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	resident	2001	common	C6
Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae	LC	resident	2001	common	C6
Dartford Warbler Curruca undata	NT	resident	2001	common	C6

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina	Parque Natural	89,572	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Monchique	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	76,541	protected area contained by site	0
Monchique	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	76,541	protected area contained by site	76,008
Costa Sudoeste	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	118,263	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Arade / Odelouca	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,139	protected area overlaps with site	387

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Mixed woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-
other	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Serra de Monchique. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 01/02/2023.