Botoa-Villar del Rey (Spain) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Botoa-Villar del Rey

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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') at the site:

Species	Red List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2005	min 850 individuals	A1, C1
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident	2003	min 120 individuals	A1, C1
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2005	min 200 individuals	A1, C1

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

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2008	favourable	very high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Common Crane Grus grus	1,600	1,600	individuals	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Transportation and service corridors	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	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
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1999	Río Gevora Bajo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas	26
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Grassland		26
Shrubland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	75

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Botoa-Villar del Rey (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/botoa-villar-del-rey-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.