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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
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2005	min 600 individuals	A1, C1
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident	2009	min 150 individuals	A1, C1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	1992	min 31 individuals	B1i, C2
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	resident	2009	min 500 breeding pairs	B1i, B2, C2
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	breeding	2009	min 1,300 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1992	min 40 breeding pairs	C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	2009	min 35 breeding pairs	B2, C2
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2005	min 150 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
1996	Los Barruecos	Monumento Natural	1
1997	Río Salor	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Embalse de Lancho	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Embalse de Petit I	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Complejo los Arenales	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2004	Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de Casa de la Enjarada	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Grassland		26
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Ruderal land	-
Shrubland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Malpartida de Cáceres-Arroyo de la Luz (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/malpartida-de-cáceres-arroyo-de-la-luz-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.