Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2011
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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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 | LC | breeding | 2010 | - | 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 |
Lesser Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens | LC | resident | 2010 | 3,379-5,968 breeding pairs | B2 |
Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata | LC | breeding | 2010 | - | A3 |
Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica | LC | breeding | 2010 | - | A3 |
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura | LC | resident | 2005 | min 100 breeding pairs | A3, B2, C2, 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.
For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here
Protection status:
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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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 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Shrubland | Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis | - |
Grassland | Dry siliceous grassland | - |
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | Inland cliffs | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
hunting | - |
military | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Bardenas Reales. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 17/01/2021.