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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	min 1,550 individuals	B1i, C2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	1995	12-22 individuals	B1i, C2, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	winter	2003	min 17 individuals	B1i, C2, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2003	7-10 breeding pairs	B1i, C2, C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	2004	min 364 breeding pairs	B1i, C2, C6
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus	LC	resident	2003	min 10 breeding pairs	B2, C2
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	2003	min 20 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti	VU	resident	2007	min 2 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6

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
1989	Valle de Iruelas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
1997	Valle de Iruelas	Reserva Natural	<1
1999	Valle del Tiétar - ZEPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	75
2000	Valle Del Tiétar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	74
2004	Valle De Iruelas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	50
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations	30
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	15

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	45
agriculture	30
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tietar valley (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tietar-valley-iba-spain on 22/11/2024.