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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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 | LC | winter | 2005 | min 50 individuals | A1, C1 |
Red Kite Milvus milvus | LC | 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.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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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 |
Río Gevora Bajo | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 375 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Pinos de Tienza | Árbol Singular | 0 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Minas de Santa Marta | Site of scientific interest | 14 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Llanos y Complejo Lagunar de la Albuera | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 36,463 | protected area contained by site | 23,519 |
El Chaparral | Periurban Park | 39 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Complejo lagunar de La Albuera | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 1,878 | protected area contained by site | 1,878 |
Complejo Lagunar de la Albuera | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 1,924 | protected area contained by site | 1,878 |
Azud de Badajoz | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 401 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Broadleaved evergreen woodland | - |
Grassland | - | |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
hunting | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Olivenza-La Albuera. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 12/08/2022.