Paul do Taipal (Portugal) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Paul do Taipal

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	2001	6-10 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	passage	2001	4-10 individuals	C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	2001	10 breeding pairs	C6
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	resident	1999	1,500-6,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	2001	5-6 breeding pairs	C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	resident	1996	100-120 breeding pairs	C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1996	common	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	resident	1996	2-5 breeding pairs	C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding	1996	common	C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	winter	1996	frequent	C6

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

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 (2005) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2005	not assessed	low	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	good

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1990	Paul do Taipal	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	88
2001	Paúl do Taipal	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Paul do Taipal (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/paul-do-taipal-iba-portugal on 22/11/2024.