EDIA – Global Bird Monitoring Program of the Alqueva Dam (EFMA) Secondary Irrigation Network, Irrigation block D – Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis), diurnal transects [2021-2022]

The dataset contains records of the Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis) collected in a subset of the block D of the Secondary Irrigation Network of the Alqueva Dam (irrigation blocks of Alvarrão, Brinches, Brinches-Enxoé, Caliços-Machado, Caliços-Moura, Orada-Amoreira, Pias and Serpa) and a control zone, performed within the General Bird Monitoring Plan of the area, promoted by EDIA, S.A. Data were collected in the winter of 2021-22, an ad-hoc number of line transects surveying all the main roads in the block.

Only the transects with positive records are presented in this dataset. A total of 3 records of the target species was obtained.