EDIA – Global Bird Monitoring Program of the Alqueva Dam (EFMA) Secondary Irrigation Network (Block A) and Cuba IBA: Bird Atlas [spring 2016]

The dataset contains records of all birds collected in an area of the Secondary Irrigation Network of the Alqueva Dam (Block A: Alvito-Pisão) and in the Important Bird Area (IBA) of Cuba, 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 of 2016, in 178 sampling squares of 1x1 km (UTM grid), distributed in the area affected by the Irrigation Block (152 “impact” squares) and in a control area (26 “control” squares), stratified by habitat.

The occurrence of the target taxa was documented through 13207 records of individuals. The most abundant species (>900 records) were Passer domesticus (1732 records), Sturnus unicolor (1076) and Emberiza calandra (954).