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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
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	2001	6-10 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	passage	2001	4-10 individuals	C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	2001	10 breeding pairs	C6
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	resident	1999	1,500-6,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	2001	5-6 breeding pairs	C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	resident	1996	100-120 breeding pairs	C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1996	common	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	resident	1996	2-5 breeding pairs	C6
Milvus migrans	NR	breeding	1996	common	C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	winter	1996	frequent	C6

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

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

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)
Paul do Taipal	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	221	protected area overlaps with site	205
Paúl do Taipal	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	233	is identical to site	233

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Paul do Taipal. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/387 on 07/06/2023.