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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
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio	LC	resident (2002)	2 pairs	C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding (2000)	common	C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding (2002)	3 pairs	C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	winter (2000)	common	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1971	Mata Nacional dos Medos	Botanical Reserve (Ia)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Forest	-	Native coniferous woodland

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lagoa Pequena (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lagoa-pequena-iba-portugal on 27/12/2024.