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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	1994	40 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Plain Swift Apus unicolor	LC	resident	2010	10-20 breeding pairs	A2
African Houbara Chlamydotis undulata	VU	resident	2006	51-66 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	resident	1988	10 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor	LC	resident	2006	250-275 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	resident	2008	4 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6
Fuerteventura Stonechat Saxicola dacotiae	NT	resident	2006	120-200 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii	LC	resident	2010	50-100 breeding pairs	A2
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus	LC	resident	2010	50-100 breeding pairs	C2, C6

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
2001	Llanos y cuchillos de Antigua	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	66

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Ruderal land	26
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	26
Desert	Semidesert	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Shrubland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
hunting	26
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cuchillete de Buenavista-gully of La Torre-Los Alares (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cuchillete-de-buenavista-gully-of-la-torre-los-alares-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.