Cabrela (Portugal) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Cabrela

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
Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis	NT	breeding	2001	common	A3
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding	2002	100 individuals	A1, C1
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	2000	rare	C6
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus	LC	breeding	2001	8-10 breeding pairs	C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	breeding	2001	1-3 breeding pairs	C6
Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans	LC	breeding	2001	uncommon	A3
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica	LC	breeding	2001	uncommon	A3

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1997	Cabrela	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	89

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cabrela (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cabrela-iba-portugal on 23/11/2024.