Murta dam (Portugal) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

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Murta dam

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

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2008	not assessed	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	poor

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
water management	100
forestry	-

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 27/12/2024.