Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2011
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus | NT | resident | 2009 | 4 breeding pairs | B2, C2, C6 |
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus | EN | breeding | 2008 | 16 breeding pairs | A1, B2, C1, C2 |
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus | LC | resident | 2008 | min 481 breeding pairs | A4ii, B1iii, C2, C6 |
Red Kite Milvus milvus | LC | resident | 2009 | min 16 breeding pairs | A1, C1, C6 |
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | LC | resident | 2001 | 200-400 breeding pairs | B2, C2 |
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.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Sierras de Santo Domingo y Caballera y Río Onsella | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 35,747 | protected area overlaps with site | 27,089 |
Sierras de Santo Domingo y Caballera | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 30,875 | protected area overlaps with site | 23,138 |
Sierra y Cañones de Guara | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 81,412 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Sierra de Santo Domingo | Paisaje Protegido | 0 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Río Onsella | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 443 | protected area overlaps with site | 107 |
Río Arba de Luesia | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 329 | protected area overlaps with site | 68 |
Río Arba de Biel | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 584 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Monte Peiró - Arguis | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 1,549 | protected area contained by site | 1,549 |
Mallos de Riglos, Agüero y Peña Rueba | Monumento Natural | 188 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland | - |
Shrubland | Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis | - |
Grassland | Steppes and dry calcareous grassland | - |
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) | Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
forestry | - |
hunting | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Santo Domingo-Riglos-Gratal. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 07/02/2023.