Serras do Alvão e Marão (Portugal) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Serras do Alvão e Marão

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
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	2001	3-6 breeding pairs	C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2002	1 breeding pairs	C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	1996	common	C6
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	LC	breeding	1998	rare	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	2001	4-6 breeding pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2001	6-15 individuals	C6
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris	LC	breeding	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
1983	Alvão	Parque Natural	12
1997	Alvão / Marão	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations, Other urban and industrial areas	-
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Introduced vegetation		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
hunting	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
agriculture	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Serras do Alvão e Marão (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/serras-do-alvão-e-marão-iba-portugal on 23/11/2024.