• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

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	breeding	2009	70-95 individuals	A1, C1
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	winter	2011	930-1,100 individuals	A1, C1, C2, C6
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident	2011	870-980 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	resident	2003	min 50 breeding pairs	C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	2011	35-45 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola	VU	passage	2011	50-250 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
2000	Camino de Santiago	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	29
2000	Riberas Del Río Carrión y Afluentes	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Lagunas del Canal de Castilla	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2000	Lagunas Del Canal De Castilla	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Canal De Castilla	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	26
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
hunting	26

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Carrión-Frómista (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/carrión-frómista-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.