Key Biodiversity Areas

Mondego Estuary (19672)
Portugal, Europe

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesCircus aeruginosusWestern Marsh-harrierLC2002link-icon
AvesPandion haliaetusOspreyLC2002link-icon
AvesHimantopus himantopusLC2002link-icon
AvesRecurvirostra avosettaPied AvocetLC2002link-icon
AvesPhoenicopterus roseusGreater FlamingoLC2002link-icon
AvesArdea purpureaPurple HeronLC2002link-icon
AvesLuscinia svecicaBluethroatLC2002link-icon
AvesSternula albifronsLittle TernLC2002link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Mondego Estuary. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 15, 2025.