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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
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	EN	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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2011. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis	150	150	breeding pairs	100	not assessed
Great Bustard Otis tarda	46	46	individuals	100	not assessed
Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti	1,100	300	males	28	not assessed

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Grassland	moderate (70-90%)	moderate (70-90%)	unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Energy production and mining	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2000	Altos de Barahona - ZEPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	58
2000	Altos De Barahona	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	58

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	60
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	30
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	10
Shrubland	Scrub	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100
hunting	90

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Altos de Barahona high moor (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/altos-de-barahona-high-moor-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.