• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

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	2009	13-20 breeding pairs	B1i, C2, C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2009	min 100 breeding pairs	A1, B1iii, B2, C1, C2, C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	2009	500-850 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1iii, C2, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2009	6-18 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	2009	max 7 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	resident	2009	min 20 breeding pairs	A1, C1
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	2009	max 15 breeding pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2009	50-70 breeding pairs	C2

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
1989	Arribes del Duero - ZEPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	38
1998	Arribes Del Duero	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	37
2000	Riberas De Los Ríos Huebra; Yeltes, Uces y Afluentes	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2000	Río Águeda	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2000	Riberas Del Río Águeda	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2002	Arribes del Duero	Parque Natural	37
2006	Riberas de los Ríos Huebra y Yeltes	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	30
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	25
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	10
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	10
Shrubland	Scrub	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	45
hunting	-

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Río Huebra-Arribes del Duero (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/río-huebra-arribes-del-duero-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.