Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Black Stork Ciconia nigra |
LC |
breeding (2009) |
13–20 pairs |
B1i, C2, C6 |
| Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus |
EN |
breeding (2009) |
min 100 pairs |
A1, B1iii, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
| Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus |
LC |
resident (2009) |
500–850 pairs |
A4ii, B1iii, C2, C6 |
| Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos |
LC |
resident (2009) |
6–18 pairs |
B2, C2, C6 |
| Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata |
LC |
resident (2009) |
max 7 pairs |
B2, C2, C6 |
| Red Kite Milvus milvus |
LC |
resident (2009) |
min 20 pairs |
A1, C1 |
| Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus |
LC |
resident (2009) |
max 15 pairs |
C6 |
| Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax |
LC |
resident (2009) |
50–70 pairs |
C2 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
30 |
Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved evergreen woodland |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
25 |
Arable land |
| Grassland |
10 |
Dry siliceous grassland |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
10 |
Inland cliffs |
| Shrubland |
10 |
Scrub |
| 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 23/12/2024.
