ES189
Embid-Molina high moors


Country/territory: Spain
Subnational region(s): Castilla-La Mancha

IBA Justification: A1, B2, C1, C2, C6 (2011)

Area: 25,369 hectares (253.69 km2)

BirdLife Partner(s): SEO/BirdLife


Site description (2000 baseline)
A treeless, flat, upland area with non-irrigated cereal crops and patches of grassland grazed by sheep.

Key biodiversity
This is an important site for Chersophilus duponti. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Tetrax tetrax (resident).


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Embid-Molina high moors (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/embid-molina-high-moors-iba-spain on 05/01/2025.