Tierra de Campiñas steppes (Spain) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Tierra de Campiñas steppes

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IBA Justification

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
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis	LC	resident	2005	200-250 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata	LC	resident	2005	10-15 breeding pairs	C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	2007	min 1,402 individuals	B1i, C2
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	winter	2003	min 1,000 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C6
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2003	156-194 individuals	A1, C1, C6
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident	2009	min 600 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	resident	2005	min 100 breeding pairs	C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	2009	1-50 breeding pairs	B3, C2, C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2003	min 1,500 individuals	A1, A4ii, B1iii, C1, C2
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	2005	3-146 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2011. The most recent assessment (2007) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	not assessed	very high	negligible
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	unset	poor

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Pollution	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Transportation and service corridors	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2000	Tierra de Campiñas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	63
2003	Campos de Alba	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3
2003	La Nava-Rueda	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3
2004	Humedales De Los Arenales	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Ruderal land	90
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100
hunting	70
forestry	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tierra de Campiñas steppes (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tierra-de-campiñas-steppes-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.