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 [2021-2022]

The dataset contains records of steppe birds, and particularly of Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra, Aves) collected in the the are 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 the General Bird Monitoring Plan of the area, promoted by EDIA, S.A. Data were collected in the spring and winter of 2021/2022, 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 2972 contacts was obtained, for 13 species of steppe birds.