Vila Fernando (Portugal) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Vila Fernando

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2008 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
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2003	361 breeding pairs	A1, C1
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident	2003	106-110 individuals	A1, C1, C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	breeding	2003	20-30 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	winter	2002-2003	8,050 individuals	C6
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus	LC	resident	2003	12-14 breeding pairs	B2
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	2003	19-22 breeding pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2002-2003	20-25 individuals	C6
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2003	5-6 breeding pairs	C6
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	2003	7 breeding pairs	C6
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra	LC	breeding	2003	115-170 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2008) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2008. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2008	favourable	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus	6	12	breeding pairs	100	favourable

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
1999	Vila Fernando	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	64
1999	Veiros	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	24

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	80
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	20

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	80
forestry	20
hunting	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vila Fernando (Portugal). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vila-fernando-iba-portugal on 23/11/2024.