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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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding (2010)	min 15 pairs	B1i, C2
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter (2005)	min 200 birds	A1, C1
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding (2005)	min 20 pairs	A1, C1
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding (2005)	min 150 pairs	B2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2003	Corredor Pinares del Río Tiétar	Corredor Ecológico y de Biodiversidad (IV)	3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	50	Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves
Forest	40	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland; Mixed woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Shrubland	15	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Grassland	10	Dry siliceous grassland
Wetlands (inland)	10	Rivers and streams

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	90
forestry	40
hunting	40

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Low Tietar river and La Vera valley (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/low-tietar-river-and-la-vera-valley-iba-spain on 22/12/2024.