Upper River Douro and Águeda valleys (Portugal)

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Upper River Douro and Águeda valleys

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 Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	-	11-25 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	-	11-50 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	-	51-75 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	1996	320-325 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	-	11-15 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	-	10-20 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	-	20-25 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	-	50-100 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura	LC	resident	2001	frequent	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
1990	Douro Internacional e Vale do Águeda	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	94
1997	Douro Internacional	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	67
1998	Douro Internacional	Parque Natural	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	-
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Upper River Douro and Águeda valleys (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/upper-river-douro-and-águeda-valleys-iba-portugal on 23/11/2024.