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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	2010	700-1,600 individuals	B1i, C2
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	winter	2010	max 3,000 individuals	A1, C1, C2, C6
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2010	1,700-3,000 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	winter	2010	max 1,000 individuals	A1, C1, C2, C6
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident	2010	500-1,700 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	resident	2010	600-2,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	resident	2009	67-88 breeding pairs	C6
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	winter	2003	min 3,400 individuals	B1i, C3
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	resident	2010	2,500-5,000 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	winter	2001	25-180 individuals	A1, C1
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus	LC	resident	2010	60-130 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	non-breeding	2010	9-35 individuals	A1, C1, C2
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2005	min 50 individuals	A1, C1
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	resident	2010	6-300 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii, B1iii, B2, C1, C2
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2010	40-45 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C2

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
1997	Complejo Lagunar de la Albuera	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1997	Río Guadiana Internacional	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1997	Rivera de los Limonetes - Nogales	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2002	Complejo lagunar de La Albuera	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	2
2004	Llanos y Complejo Lagunar de la Albuera	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	24
2005	Azud de Badajoz	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2014	Pinos de Tienza	Árbol Singular	-
2017	El Chaparral	Periurban Park	<1
2017	Minas de Santa Marta	Site of scientific interest	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas	80
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	10
Grassland		10
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
agriculture	80

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Olivenza-La Albuera (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/olivenza-la-albuera-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.