Protocol with Junta de Extremadura aiming to monitor the breeding biology and model the presence and distribution of threatened ground nesting steppic birds. Ongoing, main results expected:
- Continue the tagging of Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Pin-tailed Sandgrouse and Stone Curlew in Extremadura
- Monitor the breeding parameters of these three species
- Model the distribution and determine critically important areas for the conservation of ground nesting steppe birds in Extremadura
- Assess the effects of climate change of the breeding success of the Great Bustard