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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	2007	2,668 individuals	B1i, C2
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2005	min 170 individuals	A1, C1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	2004	min 85 individuals	B1i, C2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2008	2-5 breeding pairs	B1i, C2
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2005	min 50 individuals	A1, C1

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Sierras de Peñalsordo y Capilla	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4,517	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sierra de Siruela	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6,678	protected area contained by site	0
Sierra de Siruela	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	6,678	protected area contained by site	6,611
Sierra de Los Canalizos	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	24,564	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sierra de Los Canalizos	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	25,779	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sierra de Escorial	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	663	protected area overlaps with site	283
Ríos de la cuenca media del Guadiana y laderas vertientes	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	23,484	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Ríos de la cuenca media del Guadiana y laderas vertientes	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	23,484	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Río Guadalemar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	373	protected area is adjacent to site	0
La Serena y Sierras Periféricas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	154,974	protected area overlaps with site	28,185
La Serena	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	148,159	protected area overlaps with site	28,190
Embalse de Orellana y Sierra de Pela	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	42,668	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Embalse de Orellana y Sierra de Pela	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	42,668	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Embalse de Orellana y Sierra de Pela	Zona de Interes Regional	42,609	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Embalse de la Serena	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	15,877	protected area overlaps with site	7,099
Corredores de Siruela	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,709	protected area overlaps with site	1,331

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Shrubland		-
Grassland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Siruela-Agudo. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 15/01/2021.