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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
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	2008	284-347 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1iii, C2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2011. The most recent assessment (2007) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Energy production and mining	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1997	Las Tuerces	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Humada - Peña Amaya - ZEPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	88
2000	Humada-Peña Amaya	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	82
2000	Riberas Del Río Arlanzón y Afluentes	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands	30
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	25
Shrubland	Scrub, Heathland	25
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	20
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	15

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	70
agriculture	40
not utilised	15
forestry	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Humada-Peña Amaya (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/humada-peña-amaya-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.