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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
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)
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	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

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

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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 26/09/2023.