Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2002 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria .
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2002).
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA 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
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
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 more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
agriculture
-
forestry
-
hunting
-
tourism/recreation
-
nature conservation and research
-
other
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Serra de Monchique. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/serra-de-monchique-iba-portugal on 04/12/2023.