Reguengos de Monsaraz (Portugal) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Reguengos de Monsaraz

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-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis	LC	resident	2000	40-60 breeding pairs	C6
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2000	abundant	A1, C1
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding	2000	40-150 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, 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
2008	Reguengos	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	57

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Reguengos de Monsaraz (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/reguengos-de-monsaraz-iba-portugal on 23/11/2024.