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Trujillo-Torrecillas de la Tiesa


IBA Justification

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).


IBA Protection

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

Habitats

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

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


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.