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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
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2008	min 59 breeding pairs	A1, B1iii, B2, C1, C2, C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	2008	min 1,218 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1iii, C2, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2008	min 23 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	2008	min 30 breeding pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2002	250-275 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti	VU	resident	2007	min 54 males	A1, C1, 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
1989	Alto Tajo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	69
1997	Valle del Tajuña en Torrecuadrada	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1997	Cueva de La Canaleja	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Alto Tajo	Parque Natural	50
2001	Alto Tajo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	54
2001	Parameras de Maranchón; hoz del Mesa y Aragoncillo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6
2003	Muela Pinilla y del Puntal	Monumento Natural	<1
2003	Cueva de la Canaleja	Microrreserva	<1
2005	Parameras de Maranchón; hoz del Mesa y Aragoncillo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4
2005	Valle del Tajuña en Torrecuadrada	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	26
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	26
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	-
Grassland		-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-
tourism/recreation	-

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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 23/11/2024.