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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	2009	66-100 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata	LC	resident	2009	99-130 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	2007	1,124-1,600 individuals	B1i, C2
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2005	min 600 individuals	A1, C1
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident	2009	64-110 individuals	A1, C1, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	2004	min 32 individuals	B1i, C2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2010	min 5 breeding pairs	B1i, C2
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	2004	min 521 breeding pairs	B1i, B2, C2
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	resident	1996	min 500 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2005	min 150 individuals	A1, C1
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding	2005	min 15 breeding pairs	A1, C1
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	2002	185-220 breeding pairs	B2, C2

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
-	LLANOS DE BROZAS - ES4320012	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	48
1997	Cedillo y Río Tajo Internacional	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1997	Río Salor	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1997	Rivera de los Molinos y la Torre	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1999	Regato Guadalto	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Embalse Arce de Abajo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2003	Llanos de Alcantara y Brozas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	47
2003	Llanos de Alcantara y Brozas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	47
2003	Río Tajo Internacional y Riberos	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2004	Pinares de Garrovillas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2004	Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de Brozas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2004	Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de Garrovillas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2004	Embalse de Vegas Altas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2004	Charca Arce de Abajo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2004	Embalse de Brozas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2005	Charca de Brozas	Parque Periurbano de Conservación y Ocio	<1
2006	Parque Natural Tajo Internacional	Parque Natural	2

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
hunting	26

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Brozas-Membrío (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/brozas-membrío-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.