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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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	2009	8-18 individuals	B1i, C2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2009	8-12 breeding pairs	B1i, C2
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident	2009	10-14 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2
Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti	VU	resident	2011	1 breeding pairs	C2
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2009	5-7 breeding pairs	C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	2009	6-8 breeding pairs	B2, C2
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding	2005	min 10 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
-	Cijara	National Game Reserve	33
1991	Puerto Peña - los Golondrinos	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	16
1997	Puerto Peña - los Golondrinos	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	17
1997	Estena	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	11
1997	Ríos de la cuenca media del Guadiana y laderas vertientes	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1997	Río Guadalemar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Bonales de la comarca de Los Montes del Guadiana	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2002	Bonal del Barranco del Chorro	Microrreserva	<1
2005	Ríos de la cuenca media del Guadiana y laderas vertientes	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	26
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.