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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 ('triggering') IBA criteria.

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

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix	LC	resident (1996)	50 pairs	C6
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	resident (2009)	min 5 males	C6
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident (2009)	min 5 pairs	B2, C2, C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident (2001)	min 25 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Posests - Maldeta	Nature Park (-)	17
1966	Los Circos	National Game Reserve (IV)	21
1990	Glaciares Pirenaicos - Macizo de Posets o Llardana	Monumento Natural (III)	<1
1994	Posets-Maladeta	Parque Natural (V)	15

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

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 25/12/2024.