Estrela Mountains (Portugal) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Estrela Mountains

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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2001	2-3 breeding 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

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
1976	Serra da Estrela	Parque Natural	87
1993	Planalto Central da Serra da Estrela	Biogenetic Reserves	-
1998	Serra da Estrela	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	88
2005	Estrela Mountain upper Plateau and upper Zêzere River	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	5

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
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	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.