EDP Foz-Tua: Nocturnal Birds - Complementary Studies [2010]

Study Extent

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

Sampling

Sampling was designed to cover the main habitat types for nocturnal birds in and around the lower Tua River valley affected by the Foz-Tua dam. Each sampling point was visited once in winter/spring (March-April of 2010), for a 10 minutes acoustic census. The methodology consisted in the emission of vocal recordings for one minute to induce audible responses of individuals of Bubo bubo, or other species. The playbacks were preceded by a fixed listening time (2 min), where all contacts with any nocturnal species were recorded. All censuses were carried out in the period of 30 minutes before sunset and one hour after sunset.

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, 1 order, 1 family 5 genera and 5 species.

1. Animalia
   rank: kingdom
2. Chordata
   rank: phylum
3. Aves
   rank: class
4. Strigiformes
   rank: order
5. Strigidae
   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 and Mirandela.