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The site was identified as important in 2011 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	2007	min 4,500 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	non-breeding	2003	min 42 individuals	A1, C1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	1992	40-50 individuals	B1i, C2
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2005	min 100 individuals	A1, C1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1999	Mina de la Aurora	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1999	Mina de la Rivera de Acebo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Riveras de Gata y Acebo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2000	Arroyos Patana y Regueros	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2000	Ríos Arrago y Tralgas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2000	Laguna temporal de Valdehornos	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2003	Embalse de Borbollón	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2014	Dehesa Boyal de Montehermoso	Parque Periurbano de Conservación y Ocio	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Grassland		26
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
hunting	26

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Borbollón reservoir (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/borbollón-reservoir-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.