Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Common Crane Grus grus |
LC |
winter (2007) |
min 1,835 birds |
B1i, C2 |
| Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax |
NT |
resident (2005) |
min 400 birds |
A1, C1 |
| Black Stork Ciconia nigra |
LC |
passage (2011) |
max 38 birds |
B1i, C2 |
| Black Stork Ciconia nigra |
LC |
breeding (2009) |
10–12 pairs |
B1i, C2 |
| Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus |
LC |
resident (2008) |
min 89 pairs |
C2, C6 |
| Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti |
VU |
resident (2011) |
1–2 pairs |
A1, B2, C1, C2 |
| Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus |
LC |
breeding (2009) |
20–30 pairs |
B2, C2 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
26 |
Arable land; Forestry plantations |
| Forest |
26 |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland |
| Shrubland |
26 |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Grassland |
- |
Dry siliceous grassland |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
- |
Inland cliffs |
| Wetlands (inland) |
- |
Standing freshwater; Rivers and streams |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| hunting |
90 |
| agriculture |
80 |
| forestry |
10 |
| water management |
- |
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 23/12/2024.
