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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
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	2009	20-60 breeding pairs	C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	2009	10 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	winter	2006	min 55 individuals	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	resident	2006	min 9 breeding pairs	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)
Sotos y Mejanas del Ebro	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,843	protected area overlaps with site	455
Reserva Natural de Los Galachos de La Alfranca de Pastriz; La Cartuja y El Burgo de Ebro	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	805	protected area overlaps with site	777
Montes de Zuera; Castejón de Valdejasa y El Castellar	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	25,542	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Montes de Alfajarín y Saso de Osera	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	11,837	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Montes de Alfajarín - Saso de Osera	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	11,693	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Galachos de La Alfranca de Pastriz; La Cartuja y El Burgo de Ebro	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,186	protected area overlaps with site	1,545
Galachos de la Alfranca de Pastriz, la Cartuja y el Burgo de Ebro	Reserva Natural Dirigida	775	protected area overlaps with site	777
El Castellar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	12,958	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: River Ebro ox-bow lakes. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 23/01/2021.