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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2011

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	2009	11-12 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	1995	min 150 breeding pairs	B2, C6

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Yesares de Hellín	Microrreserva	830	protected area overlaps with site	0
Sierras y Vega Alta del Segura y Ríos Alhárabe y Moratalla	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	11,027	protected area overlaps with site	1,666
Sierras del Nordeste	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	0	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sierras de Cazorla; Segura y Las Villas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	210,122	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sierras de Cazorla; Segura y Las Villas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	210,122	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	209,930	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas	Parque Natural	209,763	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sierra de Alcaraz y Segura y cañones del Segura y del Mundo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	174,881	protected area overlaps with site	57,488
Sierra de Alcaraz y Segura y cañones del Segura y del Mundo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	174,617	protected area overlaps with site	56,953
Los Calares del Mundo y de la Sima	Parque Natural	19,192	protected area overlaps with site	0
Cuerda de la Melera	Microrreserva	98	protected area contained by site	0
Ardal y Tinjarra	Microrreserva	2,130	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: River Mundo and river Segura canyons. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/03/2023.