Campo Maior (Portugal) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Campo Maior

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
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	2002	800-1,000 unknown	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2002	120-150 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C6
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident	2002	50-60 individuals	A1, C1, C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	breeding	1996	20-30 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	2002	15-20 breeding pairs	B3, 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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1997	Caia	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	53
1997	S. Mamede	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	46
1999	Campo Maior	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	70
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	30
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	70
forestry	30

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