Upper River Douro and Águeda valleys (Portugal) IBA | Details

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Upper River Douro and Águeda valleys

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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding (-)	11–25 pairs	B2, C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident (-)	11–50 pairs	B2, C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding (-)	51–75 pairs	B2, C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident (1996)	320–325 pairs	B2, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident (-)	11–15 pairs	B2, C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident (-)	10–20 pairs	B2, C2, C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident (-)	20–25 pairs	B2, C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident (-)	50–100 pairs	B2, C6
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura	LC	resident (2001)	frequent	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
1998	Douro Internacional	Parque Natural (V)	100

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
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

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 26/12/2024.