Estrela Mountains (Portugal) IBA | Details

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Estrela Mountains

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)	2–3 pairs	C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding (2002)	frequent	C6
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris	LC	resident (2002)	frequent	C6
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	resident (2002)	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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1976	Serra da Estrela	Parque Natural (V)	87
1993	Planalto Central da Serra da Estrela	Biogenetic Reserves (-)	-

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land
Forest	-	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland; Mixed woodland; Broadleaved evergreen woodland; Treeline ecotone
Grassland	-	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland
Introduced vegetation	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Inland cliffs
Shrubland	-	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis; Scrub
Wetlands (inland)	-	Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation; Fens, transition mires and springs

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Estrela Mountains (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/estrela-mountains-iba-portugal on 24/12/2024.