EDP Foz-Tua: Terrestrial Birds (occasional observations)- Complementary Studies [2009-10]

Study Extent

The data were collected within a 5-km buffer around the lower Tua River valley (Northeast Portugal), up to 50 km from the mouth in the municipalities of Carrazeda de Ansiães, Vila Flor, Alijó, Murça and Mirandela.

Sampling

Occasional records, compiled from projects carried out in the same geographical area of the Foz Tua Dam. Species identification and assessment of age and sex (when possible) were carried out by field technicians with experience in ornithology. The identification and species assessment methods were those used for the bird regular census by point-counts.

Quality Control

All identifications were performed by qualified technicians

Method steps

1. To be completed

The taxonomic coverage of this dataset spans 1 phylum, 1 class, 13 orders, 33 families, 57 genera and 65 species.

1. Chordata
   rank: phylum
2. Aves
   rank: class
3. Accipitriformes
   rank: order
4. Apodiformes
   rank: order
5. Bucerotiformes
   rank: order
6. Caprimulgiformes
   rank: order
7. Charadriiformes
   rank: order
8. Columbiformes
   rank: order
9. Coraciiformes
   rank: order
10. Cuculiformes
    rank: order
11. Falconiformes
    rank: order
12. Galliformes
    rank: order
13. Passeriformes
    rank: order
14. Pelecaniformes
    rank: order
15. Strigiformes
    rank: order
16. Accipitridae
    rank: family
17. Apodidae
    rank: family
18. Upupidae
    rank: family
19. Caprimulgidae
    rank: family
20. Scolopacidae
    rank: family
21. Columbidae
    rank: family
22. Alcedinidae
    rank: family
23. Meropidae
    rank: family
24. Cuculidae
    rank: family
25. Falconidae
    rank: family
26. Phasianidae
    rank: family
27. Aegithalidae
    rank: family
28. Alaudidae
    rank: family
29. Certhiidae
    rank: family
30. Corvidae
    rank: family
31. Emberizidae
    rank: family
32. Fringillidae
    rank: family
33. Hirundinidae
    rank: family
34. Motacillidae
    rank: family
35. Muscicapidae
    rank: family
36. Oriolidae
    rank: family
37. Paridae
    rank: family
38. Passeridae
    rank: family
39. Picidae
    rank: family
40. Regulidae
    rank: family
41. Scotocercidae
    rank: family
42. Sittidae
    rank: family
43. Sturnidae
    rank: family
44. Sylviidae
    rank: family
45. Troglodytidae
    rank: family
46. Turdidae
    rank: family
47. Ardeidae
    rank: family
48. Strigidae
    rank: family
49. Tytonidae
    rank: family

The data were collected within a 5-km buffer around the valley of the River Tua (Northeast Portugal), in Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro region, up to 50 km from the mouth, in the municipalities of Carrazeda de Ansiães, Alijó, Murça, Vila Flor and Mirandela.