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 IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus |
EN |
non-breeding (2008) |
20–25 individuals |
A1, C1, C6 |
| Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus |
EN |
breeding (2010) |
8 breeding pairs |
A1, C1, C2, C6 |
| Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus |
LC |
winter (2009) |
651 individuals |
B1iii, C2, C6 |
| Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus |
LC |
resident (2009) |
436 breeding pairs |
A4ii, B1iii, C2, C6 |
| Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti |
VU |
resident (2007) |
min 73 males |
A1, C1, C2, C6 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
26 |
Arable land; Ruderal land |
| Forest |
26 |
Broadleaved evergreen woodland |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
26 |
Inland cliffs |
| Grassland |
- |
Dry siliceous grassland |
| Shrubland |
- |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| nature conservation and research |
26 |
| agriculture |
- |
| water management |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Montejo de la Vega-Riaza canyon (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/montejo-de-la-vega-riaza-canyon-iba-spain on 11/01/2025.
