Montesinho and Nogueira mountains (Portugal) IBA | Details

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Montesinho and Nogueira 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 (1997)	1 pairs	C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding (1997)	10 pairs	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident (1997)	11–50 pairs	C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding (1994)	11–13 pairs	B2, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident (1997)	3–4 pairs	C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	breeding (1997)	1–5 pairs	B2, C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding (1994)	40–60 pairs	B3, C6
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	LC	breeding (1994)	5–8 pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	resident (1997)	1–5 pairs	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident (1997)	1–5 pairs	C6
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	breeding (1997)	5–10 pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident (1997)	1–5 pairs	C6
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris	LC	breeding (1997)	common	C6
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding (1997)	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
yes	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
1979	Montesinho	Parque Natural (V)	69

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land; Forestry plantations
Forest	-	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Mixed woodland; Treeline ecotone
Grassland	-	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland; Humid grasslands
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Scree & boulders; Inland cliffs
Shrubland	-	Scrub; Heathland; Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Wetlands (inland)	-	Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Montesinho and Nogueira mountains (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/montesinho-and-nogueira-mountains-iba-portugal on 23/12/2024.