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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 5,907 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding	2005	max 25 individuals	A1, C1
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	winter	2005	min 200 individuals	A1, C1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	1992	min 15 individuals	B1i, C2, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2003	min 2 breeding pairs	C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	winter	2004	min 670 individuals	C2, C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	2004	min 850 breeding pairs	B1i, B2, C2, C6
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	resident	1992	1,400 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding	2011	220-500 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus	LC	resident	2009	min 10 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti	VU	resident	2011	1 breeding pairs	C2
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2005	min 150 individuals	A1, C1
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding	2005	min 20 breeding pairs	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
2000	Rios de la margen izquierda del Tajo y berrocales del Tajo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2000	Cañada del Venero	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2000	Márgenes de Valdecañas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2003	Embalse de Valdecañas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	9
2004	Complejo Lagunar Ejido Nuevo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2004	Charca Dehesa Boyal Navalmoral	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2004	Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de Belvis de Monroy	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2005	Rios de la margen izquierda del Tajo y berrocales del Tajo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3
2005	Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de Saucedilla	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2014	El Sierro	Lugar de Interés Científico	<1
2014	Alcornoque de la Dehesa	Árbol Singular	-
2016	Valdepajares de Tajo	Área Privada de Interes Ecológico	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	-
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: Campo Arañuelo-Valdecañas reservoir (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/campo-arañuelo-valdecañas-reservoir-iba-spain on 22/11/2024.