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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
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	2001	common	C6
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	breeding	2001	600-1,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	2001	5-6 breeding pairs	C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	2001	600-1,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C2, 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 (2008) is shown below.

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
1988	Açude da Murta	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	94
1996	Estuário do Sado	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1997	Comporta / Galé	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	73
1997	Estuário do Sado	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	27

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	-
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
water management	100
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Murta dam (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/murta-dam-iba-portugal on 23/11/2024.