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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
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix	LC	resident (2010)	max 20 pairs	C6
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	resident (2010)	min 16 males	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident (2010)	min 15 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1982	Bosque de Muniellos	National Biological Reserve (V)	21
2002	Fuentes del Narcea, Degaña e Ibias	Parque Natural (II)	62
2002	Muniellos	Reserva Natural Integral (Ia)	20

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	70	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest
Shrubland	25	Scrub; Heathland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	5	Scree & boulders

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	26
hunting	-
not utilised	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Muniellos (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/muniellos-iba-spain on 25/12/2024.