Embalse de los Canchales
Quick facts
- Natura 2000 site (code ES0000327)
- Under Birds Directive
- Since June 2003
- Country: Spain
- Administrative region: Extremadura (ES43)
- Surface area: 9 km2 (900.99 ha)
- Marine area: 0%
- Located in Mediterranean biogeographical region
- It protects 96 species of the Nature Directives
- It protects 8 habitat types of the Habitats Directive
Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form
Species
List
Gallery
Species summary
Nature directives' species in this site (96)Species group | Number |
---|---|
Birds | 94 |
Ferns | 1 |
Reptiles | 1 |
Habitat types
Habitat type code | Habitat type english name | Cover [ha] |
---|---|---|
3170 | Mediterranean temporary ponds | 3.27 |
5330 | Thermo-Mediterranean and pre-desert scrub | 32.22 |
6220 | Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the Thero-Brachypodietea | 54.55 |
6310 | Dehesas with evergreen Quercus spp | 18.55 |
6420 | Mediterranean tall humid grasslands of the Molinio-Holoschoenion | 36.27 |
92A0 | Salix alba and Populus alba galleries | 6.9 |
92D0 | Southern riparian galleries and thickets (Nerio-Tamaricetea and Securinegion tinctoriae) | 4.13 |
9340 | Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia forests | 16.96 |
Designation information
NATURA 2000 site under
Birds Directive 2009/147/EC (SPA) | |
|
June 2003 |
Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) | |
Date of Standard data form update | December 2015 |
Other resources
Natura 2000 map viewer | Interactive map designed for showing and querying Natura 2000 sites. Other information such as Nationally designated areas and LIFE projects are also available. |
Protected planet map viewer | Interactive map showing the World Database on Protected Areas |
European protected sites map viewer | Simple interactive map showing Natura 2000 sites and Nationally designated areas |
Data download | The Natura 2000 dataset is available from the European Environment Agency website |