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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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding (2001)	4–5 pairs	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident (2001)	3–6 pairs	C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding (2001)	1 pairs	C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding (2001)	3–5 pairs	C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident (2001)	53–55 pairs	B2, C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident (2001)	1 pairs	C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding (2001)	3–5 pairs	C6
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius	LC	resident (2001)	15–30 pairs	B2
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura	LC	resident (2001)	uncommon	C6

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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Transportation and service corridors	happe­ning now	few indivi­duals/small area (<10%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2009	Portas de Rodão	Monumento Natural (III)	15

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

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

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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 23/12/2024.