Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus |
LC |
winter (2000) |
350–1,180 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax |
NT |
breeding (2002) |
10–20 birds |
C6 |
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax |
NT |
winter (2002) |
90–100 birds |
C6 |
White Stork Ciconia ciconia |
LC |
resident (1996) |
100–150 birds |
B2, C6 |
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia |
LC |
winter (1996) |
200–500 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus |
LC |
breeding (2002) |
common |
C6 |
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus |
LC |
winter (2002) |
200–300 birds |
C6 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
winter (1996) |
400–560 birds |
B2, C6 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
breeding (2001) |
121–198 pairs |
B2, C6 |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
resident (2001) |
200 pairs |
A4i, B1i, C2, C6 |
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola |
LC |
breeding (2000) |
rare |
C6 |
Little Tern Sternula albifrons |
LC |
breeding (2001) |
50–90 pairs |
B2, C6 |
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
rare |
C6 |
Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae |
LC |
resident (2001) |
frequent |
C6 |
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 |
|
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Artificial/Terrestrial |
- |
Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Forestry plantations |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
Marine Intertidal |
- |
|
Marine Neritic |
- |
|
Land use |
% of IBA |
water management |
- |
fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
nature conservation and research |
- |
tourism/recreation |
- |
agriculture |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Castro Marim (Portugal). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/castro-marim-iba-portugal on 23/12/2024.