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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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	breeding	2010	min 24 breeding pairs	A1, B1i, B2, C1, C2
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	non-breeding	2010	min 24 individuals	A1, B1i, C1, C2
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	breeding	2010	min 3 breeding pairs	B2, C2
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris	NT	non-breeding	2010	min 23 individuals	A1, C1
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis	LC	resident	2009	153-256 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2009	270-392 individuals	A1, C1, C6
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident	2009	344-463 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	passage	2010	min 124 individuals	C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	2010	min 27 breeding pairs	C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	2010	min 110 breeding pairs	C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	2010	min 564 individuals	C6
Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti	VU	resident	2007	12-15 males	A1, C1

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
1995	Área esteparia del este de Albacete	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	25
1997	Lagunas saladas de Pétrola y Salobrejo y complejo lagunar de Corral Rubio	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2000	Estepas de Yecla	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	5
2005	Laguna Salada de Pétrola	Reserva Natural	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Ruderal land	26
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
hunting	26

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pétrola-Almansa-Yecla (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pétrola-almansa-yecla-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.