EDIA – Global Bird Monitoring Program of the Alqueva Dam (EFMA) Secondary Irrigation Network, Irrigation Block Alvito-Pisão and Cuba IBA: Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra) and other steppe birds [2018-2020]

The dataset contains records of steppe birds, and particularly of Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra, Aves) collected in the are of the Secondary Irrigation Network of the Alqueva Dam (Block A: Alvito-Pisão), in the Important Bird Area (IBA) of Cuba, and in a distant control zone, in the framework of a “Bird Atlas” performed within the General Bird Monitoring Plan of the area, promoted by EDIA, S.A. Data were collected in the spring and winter of 2018/2020, in 50 sampling stations distributed in the area affected by the Irrigation Block (46 “impact” points) and in a control area (four “control” points), in habitats suited to this group of birds.

A total of 891 contacts was obtained, for nine species of steppe birds.