Portas de Ródão e Vale Mourão (Portugal)

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Portas de Ródão e Vale Mourão

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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2001	4-5 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	2001	3-6 breeding pairs	C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2001	1 breeding pairs	C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	2001	3-5 breeding pairs	C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	2001	53-55 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	2001	1 breeding pairs	C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	2001	3-5 breeding pairs	C6
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius	LC	resident	2001	15-30 breeding pairs	B2
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura	LC	resident	2001	uncommon	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
1997	S. Mamede	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	10
2009	Portas de Rodão	Monumento Natural	15

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
tourism/recreation	-
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
other	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Portas de Ródão e Vale Mourão (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/portas-de-ródão-e-vale-mourão-iba-portugal on 23/11/2024.