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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2002

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis	LC	resident	1996	80-120 individuals	C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	1996	101-250 individuals	B2, C6
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	1996	101-250 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2002	1-2 breeding pairs	B2, C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	resident	1996	51-100 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus	LC	resident	2001	6-15 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	non-breeding	1996	frequent	C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2002	1 breeding pairs	C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	2001	4-5 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	1996	11-50 breeding pairs	C6
Milvus migrans	NR	breeding	1996	1-5 breeding pairs	C6
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	2001	48-49 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6

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.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Transportation and service corridors	utility & service lines	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Vale do Guadiana	Parque Natural	69,669	protected area contained by site	69,773
Vale do Guadiana	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	76,543	is identical to site	76,547
Ribeira do Vascão	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	44,331	protected area overlaps with site	0
Guadiana	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	38,462	protected area overlaps with site	17,922
Castro Verde	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	85,343	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations	-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: River Guadiana. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/03/2023.