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The site was identified as important in 2000 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
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus	LC	breeding	1993	30-40 breeding pairs	C6

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Veewei	Erkend natuurreservaat	22	protected area contained by site	0
Vallei- en brongebied van de Zwarte Beek; Bolisserbeek en Dommel met heide en vengebieden.	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8,306	protected area overlaps with site	7,505
Vallei van de Zwarte Beek	Erkend natuurreservaat	868	protected area overlaps with site	0
Vallei van de Zwarte Beek	Nature Reserve	827	protected area contained by site	827
Vallei van de Grote Beek	Erkend natuurreservaat	138	protected area overlaps with site	0
openbaar bos Limburg	Openbaar bos	20,569	protected area overlaps with site	0
Militair domein en vallei van de Zwarte Beek	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	8,889	protected area overlaps with site	8,864
Kamp Beverlo	Militaire domeinen onder het protocol	4,393	protected area contained by site	0
In de Brand	Bosreservaat	12	protected area overlaps with site	0
Het Pijnven	Vlaams Ecologisch Netwerk	548	protected area overlaps with site	0
Helderbeekvallei-terril	Vlaams natuurreservaat	157	protected area overlaps with site	0
Dommelvallei	Erkend natuurreservaat	107	protected area overlaps with site	0
De Vallei van de Grote Nete bovenstrooms	Vlaams Ecologisch Netwerk	941	protected area overlaps with site	0
De Terril Heusden-Zolder	Vlaams Ecologisch Netwerk	171	protected area overlaps with site	0
De Stuifzandcomplexen Hechtel	Vlaams Ecologisch Netwerk	263	protected area overlaps with site	0
De Mangel- en Winterbeek	Vlaams Ecologisch Netwerk	697	protected area overlaps with site	0
De Helderbeek-Hokselaar	Vlaams Ecologisch Netwerk	378	protected area overlaps with site	0
De Boven- en middenloop Zwarte Beek	Vlaams Ecologisch Netwerk	655	protected area overlaps with site	0
De Bolisserbeek-Dommel	Vlaams Ecologisch Netwerk	634	protected area overlaps with site	0
Bocholt; Hechtel-Eksel, Meeuwen-Gruitrode, Neerpelt en Peer	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	9,863	protected area is adjacent to site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Mixed woodland	-
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
military	-
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vallei van de Zwarte Beek. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vallei-van-de-zwarte-beek-iba-belgium on 01/10/2023.