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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2011

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	2005	5-21 breeding pairs	C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2008	min 16 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	2008	min 268 breeding pairs	B1iii, C2, C6
Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti	VU	resident	2007	min 227 males	A1, B2, C1, C2

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Sierra de Pela	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	11,972	protected area overlaps with site	0
Sierra De Ayllón	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	14,349	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Pinar De Losana	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	801	protected area overlaps with site	795
Encinares De Tiermes	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,149	protected area contained by site	1,153
Altos de Barahona - ZEPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	42,881	protected area overlaps with site	0
Altos De Barahona	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	43,988	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tiermes-Caracena. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1686 on 30/05/2023.