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Site description (2002 baseline):
Site location and context
A small, densely vegetated freshwater marsh located in the lower Mondego valley, west of the town of Coimbra in central Portugal. An important part of a network of small wetlands in the Mondego valley, which includes two other IBAs: Paul de Arzila (010) and Paul de Madriz (011).
The site supports a wide variety of breeding waterbirds, and is nationally important for wintering duck, as well as holding large numbers of migrating passerines during the autumn migration.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
there is not a managament plan for nature conservation in the special protection area or Ramsar site
National: Special Protection Area Paul do Taipal, 233 ha overlaps with IBA
International:Special Protection Area Paul do Taipal; Ramsar site 233 ha overlaps witha IBA
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 22/12/2024.
