Cabañeros National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Dehesa (pastoral management)
Location	Navas de Estena, Retuerta del Bullaque, Alcoba de los Montes, Horcajo de los Montes, Hontanar.
Nearest city	ToledoNearest city: Toledo
Area	390 km²
Established	20 November 1995 Established: 20 November 1995
Visitors	75000 aprox. (in 2007)
Governing body	Spanish Ministry of Environment.

Cabañeros National Park (in Spanish: Parque Nacional de Cabañeros) is a national park in Spain, which falls within two provinces, the northwest of Ciudad Real and the southwest of Toledo.

The park was designated in 1995 and has an area of 390 km².^[1]

It is placed in the northwestern quadrant of the province of Ciudad Real, between the Estena and Bullaque rivers, extending the Chorito and Miraflores mountain ranges.

It is the best and largest representation of Iberian Mediterranean forest, with an enormous variety of vegetable species.

[edit] Fauna

The interest of its fauna is notable, both for its number (276 species of vertebrates) and for its high percentage of endangered species. It has been designated a Special Protection Area for bird-life which includes the following species:

• Black stork (rare but not threatened).
• Eurasian Black Vulture (near threatened), second largest breeding population.
• Spanish Imperial Eagle (threatened).

Animals include the otter. The park has been designated as a site for the reintroduction of the Iberian lynx, a critically endangered feline.

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Information about Tourism in Cabañeros National Park - Spain, near Madrid
• Information about Cabañeros
• Information about Cabañeros (Spanish)