Barrinha de Esmoriz/Lagoa de Paramos (Portugal) IBA | Details

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Barrinha de Esmoriz/Lagoa de Paramos

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
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding (1996)	1–2 pairs	C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	passage (1996)	1–21 birds	C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding (1996)	2–21 pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	resident (1999)	1–4 pairs	C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	winter (1996)	common	C6

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; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Other urban and industrial areas
Forest	-	Native coniferous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Grassland	-	Humid grasslands
Introduced vegetation	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Intertidal	-
Marine Neritic	-
Shrubland	-	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
military	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
other	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Barrinha de Esmoriz/Lagoa de Paramos (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/barrinha-de-esmoriz-lagoa-de-paramos-iba-portugal on 23/12/2024.