BirdLife Data Zone

PT039

Mondego Estuary

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	winter	2002	140 unknown	C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	passage	2002	frequent	C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter	2000	505-977 unknown	A4i, B1i, C3, C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1999	39-274 breeding pairs	C6
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	2002	4 breeding pairs	C6
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	winter	2001	frequent	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	resident	2000	2 breeding pairs	C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	winter	2002	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

IBA Conservation

IBA conservation status - summary
Year of assessment (most recent)	Threat (pressure)	Condition (state)	Action (response)
2005	low	not assessed	not assessed
Was the whole site assessed?	no	Condition (state) assessed by	unset
Accuracy of information	good

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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IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Mondego Estuary	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1,518	is identical to site	0

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Standing brackish and salt water	-

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Land use

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mondego Estuary. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/19672 on 30/05/2023.