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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1997	Valle de Iruelas	Reserva Natural (Ib)	<1

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

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 24/12/2024.