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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 Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2010	min 15 breeding pairs	B1i, C2
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2005	min 200 individuals	A1, C1
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding	2005	min 20 breeding pairs	A1, C1
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding	2005	min 150 breeding pairs	B2, 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	Río Tietar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6
2000	Cañada del Venero	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2003	Corredor Pinares del Río Tiétar	Corredor Ecológico y de Biodiversidad	3
2004	Río y Pinares del Tietar	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	12
2004	Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de Jaraiz de la Vera	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	50
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	40
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	15
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	10
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.