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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	2005	33-67 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2005	min 400 individuals	A1, C1
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident	2010	100-250 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	resident	1996	220 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti	VU	non-breeding	2010	min 15 individuals	A1, C1
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	2007	min 22 breeding pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2005	min 150 individuals	A1, C1

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
2004	Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de Rivera del Fresno	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2004	Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de Fuente de Cantos	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	-
2004	Mina Mariquita	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	65
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Grassland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	65

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bienvenida-Usagre-Ribera del Fresno (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bienvenida-usagre-ribera-del-fresno-iba-spain on 22/11/2024.