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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	2007	min 1,835 individuals	B1i, C2
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2005	min 400 individuals	A1, C1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	2011	max 38 individuals	B1i, C2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2009	10-12 breeding pairs	B1i, C2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	2008	min 89 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti	VU	resident	2011	1-2 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	2009	20-30 breeding pairs	B2, 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
1991	Puerto Peña - los Golondrinos	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7
1997	Puerto Peña - los Golondrinos	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	22
1997	Sierra de Villares - Balbueno	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1997	Sierra de Escorial	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1997	Río Ruecas Alto	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1997	Río Guadalemar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Río Guadalupejo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2003	Corredor del Río Guadalupejo	Corredor Ecológico y de Biodiversidad	2
2004	Tunel de Cañamero	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	26
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	26
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	26
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	90
agriculture	80
forestry	10
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Puerto Peña reservoir-Valdecaballeros (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/puerto-peña-reservoir-valdecaballeros-iba-spain on 22/11/2024.