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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
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.

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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
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)
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	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Santo Domingo-Riglos-Gratal. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 07/02/2023.