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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
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix	LC	resident	1996	50 breeding pairs	C6
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	resident	2009	min 5 males	C6
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	2009	min 5 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident	2001	min 25 breeding pairs	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
-	Posests - Maldeta	Nature Park	17
1966	Los Circos	National Game Reserve	21
1990	Glaciares Pirenaicos - Macizo de Posets o Llardana	Monumento Natural	<1
1994	Posets - Maladeta	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	14
1994	Posets-Maladeta	Parque Natural	15
1997	Macizo de Cotiella	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	17
1997	Posets - Maladeta	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	16
1997	Congosto de Ventamillo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Chistau	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	19
2000	Sierra Ferrera	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	14
2000	Sierra de Chía - Congosto de Seira	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	10
2001	Cotiella - Sierra Ferrera	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	45

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands	26
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	26
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
forestry	26
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gistaín-Cotiella (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gistaín-cotiella-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.