Serra do Caldeirão (Portugal) IBA | Details

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Serra do Caldeirão

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	resident (2001)	frequent	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident (2001)	27–30 pairs	C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding (2001)	frequent	C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident (2001)	6–8 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

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	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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1991	Rocha da Pena	Paisagem Protegida Local (III)	1
1991	Rocha da Pena	Classified Site (III)	1

Habitats

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

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 24/12/2024.