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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
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	2007	2,668 individuals	B1i, C2
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2005	min 170 individuals	A1, C1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	2004	min 85 individuals	B1i, C2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2008	2-5 breeding pairs	B1i, C2
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2005	min 50 individuals	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
1997	La Serena	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	40
1997	Sierra de Siruela	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	10
1997	Sierra de Escorial	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Sierra de Siruela	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	9
2000	Corredores de Siruela	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2003	La Serena y Sierras Periféricas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	40
2004	Embalse de la Serena	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	10

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Grassland		26
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations	-
Shrubland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Siruela-Agudo (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/siruela-agudo-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.