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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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage (2009)	8–18 birds	B1i, C2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding (2009)	8–12 pairs	B1i, C2
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident (2009)	10–14 pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2
Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti	VU	resident (2011)	1 pairs	C2
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident (2009)	5–7 pairs	C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident (2009)	6–8 pairs	B2, C2
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding (2005)	min 10 pairs	A1, C1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Cijara	National Game Reserve (-)	33

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	26	Arable land; Forestry plantations
Forest	26	Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Grassland	-	Dry siliceous grassland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Scree & boulders
Shrubland	-	Scrub
Wetlands (inland)	-	Standing freshwater

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	26
hunting	26
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cijara reservoir (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cijara-reservoir-iba-spain on 25/12/2024.