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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
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter (2008)	2,000–2,300 birds	B1i, C2
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident (2008)	50–60 birds	A1, C1
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident (2011)	20–40 birds	A1, C1
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	winter (2011)	40–70 birds	A1, C1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage (1991)	8–12 birds	B1i, C2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2001	Río Alcarrache	Corredor Ecológico y de Biodiversidad (IV)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	75	Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Artificial/Terrestrial	25	Arable land
Grassland	-

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
forestry	70
agriculture	50

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Villanueva del Fresno (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/villanueva-del-fresno-iba-spain on 25/12/2024.