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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2011

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio	LC	resident	2009	10-30 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	resident	2009	30-60 breeding pairs	C6
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2009	10-30 breeding pairs	A1, C1

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Tramo Inferior del Río Guadalimar y Alto Guadalquivir	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Tramo Inferior del Río Guadalimar y Alto Guadalquivir	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	818	protected area overlaps with site	13
Río Guadiana Menor - Tramo Inferior	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	370	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Río Guadiana Menor - Tramo InfeRíor	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	0	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Río Guadalquivir Tramo superior	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	0	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Río Guadalquivir Tramo Superior	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	258	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Alto Guadalquivir	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	830	protected area overlaps with site	157
Alto Guadalquivir	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	830	protected area overlaps with site	0
Alto Guadalquivir	Paraje Natural	830	protected area overlaps with site	663
Alto Guadalquivir	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	830	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
water management	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Middle section of river Guadalquivir reservoirs. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 17/08/2022.