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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1992	Aiguabarreig Segre-Cinca	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) (V)	8

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

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 24/12/2024.