Arraiolos (Portugal) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Arraiolos

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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') at the site:

Species	Red List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding	1998	50-60 breeding pairs	B1i, B2, C6
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus	LC	resident	1997	3-4 breeding pairs	B2
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	1997	2-3 breeding pairs	C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	1997	23-25 breeding pairs	B1ii, B2
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding	2000	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding	1997	13-15 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

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	small area/few individuals (<10%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations	-
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Introduced vegetation		-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Arraiolos (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/arraiolos-iba-portugal on 22/11/2024.