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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
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio	LC	resident	2002	1 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding	2002	20-40 breeding 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 breeding pairs	C6
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	LC	breeding	1995	rare	C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	2002	3-10 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	2002	200-400 breeding pairs	C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	breeding	2002	1-120 breeding pairs	C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding	2002	common	C6

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1980	Paul do Boquilobo	Reserva Natural	85
1981	Paúl do Boquilobo	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	91
1988	Paul do Boquilobo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	89
1996	Paúl do Boquilobo	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	85

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Introduced vegetation		-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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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 22/11/2024.