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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
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	resident	2003	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax	LC	breeding	2009	min 55 breeding pairs	C6
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	LC	breeding	2009	min 6 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	2006	min 9 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	winter	2006	min 34 individuals	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	resident	2003	22-35 breeding pairs	C6

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
1992	Aiguabarreig Segre-Cinca	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	8
1997	Aiguabarreig Segre-Cinca	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8
2000	Ríos Cinca y Alcanadre	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	72
2001	Matarraña - Aiguabarreix	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2006	Aiguabarreig Segre-Cinca	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	55
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	40
Grassland	Humid grasslands	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	80
forestry	25

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rivers Cinca and Alcanadre riverine forest (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rivers-cinca-and-alcanadre-riverine-forest-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.