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Paul do Boquilobo


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
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio LC resident (2002) 1 pairs C6
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia LC breeding (2002) 20–40 pairs B1i, B2, C2, C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus LC breeding (1996) common C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax LC breeding (2002) 30–100 pairs C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides LC breeding (1995) rare C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea LC breeding (2002) 3–10 pairs B2, C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta LC breeding (2002) 200–400 pairs C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida LC breeding (2002) 1–120 pairs C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans LC breeding (2002) common C6

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1980 Paul do Boquilobo Reserva Natural (IV) 85
1981 Paúl do Boquilobo UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA) 91

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable land
Forest - Alluvial and very wet forest
Introduced vegetation -
Wetlands (inland) - Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
nature conservation and research -
water management -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Paul do Boquilobo (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/paul-do-boquilobo-iba-portugal on 22/12/2024.