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 |
| Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus |
NT |
resident (2009) |
4 pairs |
B2, C2, C6 |
| Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus |
EN |
breeding (2008) |
16 pairs |
A1, B2, C1, C2 |
| Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus |
LC |
resident (2008) |
min 481 pairs |
A4ii, B1iii, C2, C6 |
| Red Kite Milvus milvus |
LC |
resident (2009) |
min 16 pairs |
A1, C1, C6 |
| Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax |
LC |
resident (2001) |
200–400 pairs |
B2, C2 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
26 |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland; Broadleaved evergreen woodland |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
26 |
Scree & boulders; Inland cliffs |
| Shrubland |
26 |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
- |
Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Forestry plantations |
| Grassland |
- |
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
26 |
| forestry |
- |
| hunting |
- |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
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 23/12/2024.
