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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
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	2010	700-1,600 individuals	B1i, C2
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	winter	2010	max 3,000 individuals	A1, C1, C2, C6
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2010	1,700-3,000 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Great Bustard Otis tarda	VU	winter	2010	max 1,000 individuals	A1, C1, C2, C6
Great Bustard Otis tarda	VU	resident	2010	500-1,700 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	resident	2010	600-2,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	resident	2009	67-88 breeding pairs	C6
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	winter	2003	min 3,400 individuals	B1i, C3
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	resident	2010	2,500-5,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	winter	2001	25-180 individuals	A1, C1
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus	LC	resident	2010	60-130 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	non-breeding	2010	9-35 individuals	A1, C1, C2
Red Kite Milvus milvus	NT	winter	2005	min 50 individuals	A1, C1
Red Kite Milvus milvus	NT	resident	2010	6-300 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii, B1iii, B2, C1, C2
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2010	40-45 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C2

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)
Rivera de los Limonetes - Nogales	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	390	protected area overlaps with site	525
Río Guadiana Internacional	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	655	protected area overlaps with site	153
Llanos y Complejo Lagunar de la Albuera	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7	protected area overlaps with site	23,519
Complejo Lagunar de la Albuera	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,924	protected area contained by site	1,878

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Grassland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams	-
Artificial - terrestrial	Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Olivenza-La Albuera. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 21/10/2019.