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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis	LC	resident (2009)	66–100 pairs	C2, C6
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata	LC	resident (2009)	99–130 pairs	B2, C2, C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter (2007)	1,124–1,600 birds	B1i, C2
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident (2005)	min 600 birds	A1, C1
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident (2009)	64–110 birds	A1, C1, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage (2004)	min 32 birds	B1i, C2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding (2010)	min 5 pairs	B1i, C2
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding (2004)	min 521 pairs	B1i, B2, C2
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	resident (1996)	min 500 pairs	B2, C2, C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter (2005)	min 150 birds	A1, C1
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding (2005)	min 15 pairs	A1, C1
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding (2002)	185–220 pairs	B2, C2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	LLANOS DE BROZAS - ES4320012	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) (-)	48
2005	Charca de Brozas	Parque Periurbano de Conservación y Ocio (VI)	<1
2006	Parque Natural Tajo Internacional	Parque Natural (Ia)	2

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

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 24/12/2024.