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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
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	2009	4 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2008	16 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	2008	min 481 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1iii, C2, C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	resident	2009	min 16 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2001	200-400 breeding pairs	B2, 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
1997	Monte Peiró - Arguis	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2000	Sierras de Santo Domingo y Caballera	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	48
2000	Río Onsella	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Río Arba de Luesia	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2001	Sierras de Santo Domingo y Caballera y Río Onsella	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	56
2015	Sierra de Santo Domingo	Paisaje Protegido	19
2016	Mallos de Riglos, Agüero y Peña Rueba	Monumento Natural	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	26
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	26
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
forestry	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Santo Domingo-Riglos-Gratal (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/santo-domingo-riglos-gratal-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.