Cabeção (Portugal) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

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Cabeção

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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding (2001)	1–2 pairs	C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding (1999)	frequent	C6
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus	LC	resident (2001)	6–8 pairs	B2, C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding (2001)	7–10 pairs	C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding (2001)	8–10 pairs	B2, C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding (2001)	36–40 pairs	B1iii, B2, C2, C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding (2001)	8–10 pairs	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
Forest	75	Broadleaved evergreen woodland; Treeline ecotone
Artificial/Terrestrial	25	Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Forestry plantations
Shrubland	-	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Wetlands (inland)	-	Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	80
agriculture	20
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
water management	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cabeção (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cabeção-iba-portugal on 22/12/2024.