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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
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis	LC	resident	2002	20-25 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	breeding	2002	30-40 individuals	A1, C1, C6
Great Bustard Otis tarda	VU	non-breeding	2010	40-50 individuals	A1, C1
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	breeding	2000	40-50 breeding pairs	C6
Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti	VU	resident	2007	min 300 males	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6

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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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - agro-industry grazing, ranching or farmin	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Energy production and mining	renewable energy	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Transportation and service corridors	utility & service lines	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of habitat (state)
Habitat	Habitat Detail	Reference Area (ha)	Actual Area (ha)	% of habitat remaining	% of carrying capacity (overall)	Result
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	0	0	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Pterocles orientalis	Black-bellied Sandgrouse	150	150	breeding pairs	100	not assessed
Otis tarda	Great Bustard	46	46	individuals	100	not assessed
Chersophilus duponti	Dupont's Lark	1100	300	males	28	not assessed

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Altos de Barahona - ZEPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	42,881	protected area overlaps with site	29,000
Altos De Barahona	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	43,988	protected area overlaps with site	29,000

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Altos de Barahona high moor. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 23/03/2023.