Serra do Caldeirão (Portugal) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Serra do Caldeirão

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	resident	2001	frequent	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	2001	27-30 breeding pairs	C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	2001	frequent	C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	2001	6-8 breeding pairs	B2, C6
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2001	rare	C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	resident	2001	common	C6
Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae	LC	resident	2001	common	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
1991	Rocha da Pena	Paisagem Protegida Local	1
1991	Rocha da Pena	Classified Site	1
1998	Barrocal	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1999	Caldeirão	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	66
2004	Caldeirão	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	67
2012	Ribeira do Vascão	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	14

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Forest	Mixed woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-
other	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Serra do Caldeirão (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/serra-do-caldeirão-iba-portugal on 23/11/2024.