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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
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis	LC	resident	2007	max 180 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata	LC	resident	2007	max 500 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	winter	2006	min 2,000 individuals	A1, C1, C2, C6
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2005	min 1,700 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident	2008	450-500 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	2004	min 150 individuals	B1i, C2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2009	max 6 breeding pairs	B1i, C2
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	resident	2003	min 6,500 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	resident	2009	400-500 breeding pairs	B1i, B2, C2, C6
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding	2009	min 225 breeding pairs	B1i, C2, C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	2007	min 136 breeding pairs	B3, C2, C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2005	min 50 individuals	A1, C1
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2006	max 130 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra	LC	resident	2003	min 11,000 breeding pairs	B2, C2, 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
1997	La Serena	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	81
2003	La Serena y Sierras Periféricas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	87
2004	Embalse de la Serena	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7
2004	Embalse del Zujar	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1
2005	Olmos de la Ermita de Belen	Árbol Singular	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	50
Shrubland		5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100
hunting	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: La Serena (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/la-serena-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.