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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 IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding (2008)	min 12 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident (2008)	min 639 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1iii, C2, C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident (2007)	30–35 breeding pairs	C6
Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti	VU	resident (2007)	min 63 males	A1, C1, C2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1989	Hoces del Río Duratón	Parque Natural (II)	43

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	30	Arable land; Ruderal land
Forest	30	Native coniferous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest
Grassland	30	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	10	Inland cliffs
Shrubland	-	Scrub

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	90
hunting	60
forestry	25
agriculture	15
water management	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Duratón canyon (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/duratón-canyon-iba-spain on 23/01/2025.