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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	2008	min 1,214 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata	LC	resident	2008	256-453 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2011	60-80 individuals	A1, C1, C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	resident	1995	150 breeding pairs	C6
Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti	VU	resident	2007	min 232 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.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1990	Estepas de Belchite - El Planerón - La Lomaza	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	46
1998	La Lomaza de Belchite	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1998	El Planerón	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2000	Planas y Estepas de La Margen derecha del Ebro	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	59

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	60
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	35

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	90
agriculture	80

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Belchite-Mediana (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/belchite-mediana-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.