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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
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix	LC	resident	2001	11-50 breeding pairs	C6
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	resident	2002	16 males	C6
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	2009	5 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2008	min 11 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C2
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident	2001	min 15 breeding pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2001	min 300 breeding pairs	B2, C2

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	Garganta de Obarra	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1997	Congosto de Ventamillo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	El Turbón	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6
2000	Sierra de Chía - Congosto de Seira	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
2000	Río Isábena	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2001	El Turbón y Sierra de Sís	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	54

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	26
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	26
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Turbón-Espés-Sis (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/turbón-espés-sis-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.