Albufeira do Caia (Portugal) IBA | Details

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Albufeira do Caia

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2002 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident (2001)	160 birds	A1, C1
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding (1997)	90 pairs	C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	winter (2001)	250 birds	B2
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	breeding (2001)	common	B2, C6
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding (2001)	87–93 pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	winter (2001)	7,000–9,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding (1999)	50–60 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

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2002. The most recent assessment (2005) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2005	not assessed	low	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	few individuals/small area (<10%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Albufeira do Caia (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/albufeira-do-caia-iba-portugal on 23/12/2024.