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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
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident (2005)	min 200 birds	A1, C1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage (2009)	min 15 birds	B1i, C2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding (2009)	min 2 pairs	B1i, C2
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter (2005)	min 60 birds	A1, C1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1988	Cornalvo	Nature Park (V)	19
1998	Cornalvo	Parque Natural (VI)	21
2014	Dehesa del Rincón	Lugar de Interés Científico (IV)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	26	Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Perennial crops, orchards and groves
Grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	-	Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
hunting	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Montánchez mountain range-Cornalvo reservoir (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/montánchez-mountain-range-cornalvo-reservoir-iba-spain on 25/12/2024.