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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
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix	LC	resident	2004	min 255 breeding pairs	C6
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	resident	2010	min 5 males	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	2004	min 20 breeding pairs	C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2008	min 18 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	2004	min 21 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2008	13-15 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident	2010	min 20 breeding pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	2006	present	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	2010	10-11 breeding pairs	C6
Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus	LC	resident	2010	present	A3
Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria	LC	resident	2010	present	A3
Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris	LC	resident	2010	present	A3
White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis	LC	resident	2010	present	A3
Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella	LC	resident	2010	present	A3

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1966	Somiedo	National Game Reserve	50
1988	Somiedo	Parque Natural	17
1989	Somiedo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	17
1989	Fuentes del Narcea y del Ibias	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	5
1995	Tejo de Bermiego	Monumento Natural	-
1997	Valle De San Emiliano	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	31
1998	Alto Sil	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1999	Montovo-La Mesa	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7
1999	Peña Ubiña	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8
1999	Caldoveiro	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6
1999	Fuentes del Narcea; Degaña e Ibias	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5
2000	Valle de San Emiliano	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	30
2000	Montaña Central De León	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2000	Alto Sil	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2000	Somiedo	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	-
2000	Muniellos	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	-
2001	Ubiña-La Mesa	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	21
2002	Fuentes del Narcea, Degaña e Ibias	Parque Natural	5
2002	Puertos de Marabio	Monumento Natural	1
2002	Cueva Huerta	Monumento Natural	<1
2002	Desfiladero de las Xanas	Monumento Natural	<1
2002	Muniellos	Reserva Natural Integral	17
2003	Conjunto Lacustre de Somiedo	Monumento Natural	1
2004	Somiedo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	17
2004	Valgrande	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2004	Peña Manteca-Genestaza	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2004	Río Trubia	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2006	Las Ubiñas-La Mesa	Parque Natural	24
2015	Babia y Luna	Parque Natural	31

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland, Humid grasslands	40
Shrubland	Scrub, Heathland	20
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	15
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	5
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	90
agriculture	60
not utilised	30
water management	6
tourism/recreation	-
forestry	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Babia-Somiedo (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/babia-somiedo-iba-spain on 22/11/2024.