Data Zone
Country/territory: Spain
IBA criteria met: A1, A3, B1iii, B2, C1, C2, C6 (2011)
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Area: 58,407 hectares (584.07 km2)
Site description (2000 baseline)
An area of steppe along the River Ebro. The site has a mixture of non-irrigated cereal cultivation, dry grassland, scrub and small Pinus woods.
Key biodiversity
Breeding birds include four of the 20 species in Europe that are restricted to the Mediterranean biome (when breeding). Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Otis tarda (non-breeding).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bardenas Reales (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bardenas-reales-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.