Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus |
EN |
breeding (2008) |
min 59 pairs |
A1, B1iii, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
| Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus |
LC |
resident (2008) |
min 1,218 pairs |
A4ii, B1iii, C2, C6 |
| Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos |
LC |
resident (2008) |
min 23 pairs |
B2, C2, C6 |
| Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus |
LC |
resident (2008) |
min 30 pairs |
C6 |
| Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax |
LC |
resident (2002) |
250–275 pairs |
B2, C2, C6 |
| Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti |
VU |
resident (2007) |
min 54 males |
A1, C1, C2 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 2000 |
Alto Tajo
|
Parque Natural (II) |
50 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
26 |
Native coniferous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
26 |
Inland cliffs |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
- |
Forestry plantations |
| Grassland |
- |
|
| Shrubland |
- |
Scrub |
| Wetlands (inland) |
- |
Rivers and streams |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
- |
| forestry |
- |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Upper sections of the rivers Tajo and Tajuña (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/upper-sections-of-the-rivers-tajo-and-tajuña-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.
