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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
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis	LC	breeding	2005	33-50 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2005	min 1,700 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	winter	2005	min 2,000 individuals	A1, C1, C2
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident	2003	min 150 individuals	A1, C1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2003	min 4 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	2010	min 60 individuals	B1i, C2, C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	2004	min 330 breeding pairs	B1i, B2, C2, C6
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	breeding	2002	min 1,800 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus	LC	resident	2004	min 1 breeding pairs	C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2008	min 3 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	2009	min 40 breeding pairs	B2, C2
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	2006	min 37 breeding pairs	B3, C2, C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2005	min 260 individuals	A1, C1
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding	2005	min 15 breeding pairs	A1, C1
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	2002	190-220 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.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1997	Río Almonte	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
2003	Llanos de Trujillo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7
2004	Magasca	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	6
2004	Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de Trujillo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2004	Charca la Torre	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2006	Riberos del Almonte	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	26
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	80
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Trujillo-Torrecillas de la Tiesa (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/trujillo-torrecillas-de-la-tiesa-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.