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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-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis	LC	resident	1996	11-50 breeding pairs	C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	1996	500-1,500 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	1996	250-1,930 males	A1, B2, C1, C6
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident	1996	80-100 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1996	5-8 breeding pairs	B2, C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	1996	60-100 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	resident	1996	100-250 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding	1996	6-10 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	1996	6-10 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus	LC	resident	1996	6-10 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	1996	8-15 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti	VU	non-breeding	1996	2-4 individuals	C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	1996	3 breeding pairs	C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	1996	10-15 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	1996	20-40 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding	1996	8-15 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

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.

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1999	Mourão/Moura/Barrancos	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	93
1999	Moura / Barrancos	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	43

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	-
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	65
forestry	35

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mourão, Moura e Barrancos (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mourão-moura-e-barrancos-iba-portugal on 22/11/2024.