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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A mainly cultivated plain with patches of grassland and
Quercus woodland.
This is an important site for breeding steppic species. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Falco naumanni (39 breeding pairs).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
A number of problems threaten this site including irrigation of crops, illegal hunting, river canalization, afforestation and over-exploitation of groundwater.
National None
International Partial40,046 ha of IBA covered by Special Protection Area (área Esteparia de la Mancha Norte, 97,973 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tarancón-Ocaña-Corral de Almaguer (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tarancón-ocaña-corral-de-almaguer-iba-spain on 28/12/2024.
