The site was identified as important in 2011 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):Species | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) | Population estimate at site | IBA criteria met |
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Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis | LC | breeding | 2005 | 33-50 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax | NT | resident | 2005 | min 1,700 individuals | A1, B2, C1, C2 |
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax | NT | winter | 2005 | min 2,000 individuals | A1, C1, C2 |
Great Bustard Otis tarda | VU | resident | 2003 | min 150 individuals | A1, C1 |
Black Stork Ciconia nigra | LC | breeding | 2003 | min 4 breeding pairs | B2, C6 |
Black Stork Ciconia nigra | LC | passage | 2010 | min 60 individuals | B1i, C2, C6 |
White Stork Ciconia ciconia | LC | breeding | 2004 | min 330 breeding pairs | B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis | LC | breeding | 2002 | min 1,800 breeding pairs | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus | LC | resident | 2004 | min 1 breeding pairs | C6 |
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus | EN | breeding | 2008 | min 3 breeding pairs | A1, C1, C6 |
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus | LC | breeding | 2009 | min 40 breeding pairs | B2, C2 |
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus | LC | breeding | 2006 | min 37 breeding pairs | B3, C2, C6 |
Red Kite Milvus milvus | LC | winter | 2005 | min 260 individuals | A1, C1 |
Red Kite Milvus milvus | LC | breeding | 2005 | min 15 breeding pairs | A1, C1 |
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni | LC | breeding | 2002 | 190-220 breeding pairs | B2, C2, C6 |
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2011).
Protected area (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
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Río Almonte | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 9,409 | protected area overlaps with site | 4,276 |
Riberos del Almonte | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 9,736 | protected area overlaps with site | 4,249 |
Monfragüe y las Dehesas del Entorno | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 116,094 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Monfragüe | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 114,819 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Magasca | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 10,869 | protected area contained by site | 6,814 |
Llanos de Trujillo | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 7,707 | protected area contained by site | 7,757 |
Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de Trujillo | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 208 | protected area contained by site | 1 |
Charca la Torre | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 2 | protected area contained by site | 3 |
Habitat (IUCN level 1) | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
---|---|---|
Forest | Broadleaved evergreen woodland | - |
Shrubland | Scrub | - |
Grassland | Dry siliceous grassland | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Rivers and streams | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
hunting | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Trujillo-Torrecillas de la Tiesa. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/trujillo-torrecillas-de-la-tiesa-iba-spain on 09/12/2023.