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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter (2007)	min 5,907 birds	A4i, B1i, C2
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding (2005)	max 25 birds	A1, C1
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	winter (2005)	min 200 birds	A1, C1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage (1992)	min 15 birds	B1i, C2, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding (2003)	min 2 pairs	C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	winter (2004)	min 670 birds	C2, C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding (2004)	min 850 pairs	B1i, B2, C2, C6
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	resident (1992)	1,400 pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding (2011)	220–500 pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus	LC	resident (2009)	min 10 pairs	B2, C2, C6
Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti	VU	resident (2011)	1 pairs	C2
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter (2005)	min 150 birds	A1, C1
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding (2005)	min 20 pairs	A1, C1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2014	El Sierro	Lugar de Interés Científico (IV)	<1
2016	Valdepajares de Tajo	Área Privada de Interes Ecológico (VI)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	26	Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land
Grassland	-	Dry siliceous grassland
Wetlands (inland)	-	Standing freshwater

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
hunting	26

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Campo Arañuelo-Valdecañas reservoir (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/campo-arañuelo-valdecañas-reservoir-iba-spain on 24/12/2024.