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The site was identified as important in 2011 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis	LC	resident	2010	70-100 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata	LC	resident	2010	75-125 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis	NT	breeding	2010	present	A3
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2010	1-2 individuals	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	2010	30-40 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	non-breeding	2009	80-100 individuals	A1, B1iii, C1, C2, C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2008	min 33 breeding pairs	A1, B1iii, B2, C1, C2, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2010	6-7 breeding pairs	C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	2005	6-10 breeding pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2005	min 200 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti	VU	resident	2010	55-61 males	A1, C1, C2, C6
Alaudala rufescens	NR	resident	2010	3,379-5,968 breeding pairs	B2
Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata	LC	breeding	2010	present	A3
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica	LC	breeding	2010	present	A3
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura	LC	resident	2005	min 100 breeding pairs	A3, B2, C2, C6

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2011).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Vedado de Egüaras	Reserva Natural	501	protected area contained by site	500
Río Ebro	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,120	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Rincón del Bu-La Nasa-Tripazul	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3,651	protected area contained by site	3,651
Rincon del Bu	Reserva Natural	464	protected area contained by site	0
Loma Negra	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7,015	protected area overlaps with site	6,384
Loma La Negra - Bardenas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	6,443	protected area contained by site	6,417
Lagunas y Carrizales de Cinco Villas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	415	protected area is adjacent to site	105
El Plano-Blanca alta	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	8,857	protected area contained by site	8,857
El Bu	Natural Reserve	460	protected area contained by site	460
Caídas de la Negra	Reserva Natural	1,457	protected area contained by site	0
Caídas de la Negra	Nature Reserve	1,926	protected area contained by site	1,926
Bardenas Reales	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	39,273	protected area overlaps with site	0
Bardenas Reales	Parque Natural	39,273	protected area contained by site	0
Bardenas Reales	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	58,443	protected area overlaps with site	39,884

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
hunting	-
military	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bardenas Reales. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bardenas-reales-iba-spain on 04/10/2023.