The site was identified as important in 2011 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2011).
Protected area (PA) |
PA designation |
PA area (ha) |
Relationship of PA with IBA |
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
Sierras de Gádor y Enix
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
50,344 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Sierra Nevada Noroeste
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
778 |
protected area contained by site |
790 |
Sierra Nevada
|
Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC) |
0 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Sierra Nevada
|
Parque Nacional |
85,883 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Sierra Nevada
|
Parque Natural |
86,355 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Sierra Nevada |
National Game Reserve |
35,430 |
protected area contained by site |
35,430 |
Sierra Nevada
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
172,238 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Sierra Nevada
|
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) |
172,238 |
protected area contained by site |
171,811 |
Reserva de la Biósfera Sierra Nevada
|
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve |
171,646 |
protected area contained by site |
171,646 |
Ramblas de Gérgal; Tabernas y Sur de Sierra Alhamilla
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
22,853 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Ramblas de Gergal, Tabernas y Sur de Sierra Alhamilla
|
Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC) |
0 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Humedales y Turberas de Padul
|
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance |
327 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Falla de Nigüelas
|
Monumento Natural |
7 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Cárcavas de Marchal
|
Monumento Natural |
5 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Barrancos del Río de Aguas Blancas
|
Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC) |
0 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Barrancos del Río de Aguas Blancas
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
2,995 |
protected area overlaps with site |
1,419 |
Albufera de Adra
|
Reserva Natural |
46 |
protected area contained by site |
171,646 |
Habitat (IUCN level 1) |
Habitat detail |
Extent (% of site) |
Forest |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest, Broadleaved evergreen woodland |
- |
Shrubland |
Scrub |
- |
Grassland |
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Dry siliceous grassland |
- |
Wetlands (inland) |
Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams |
- |
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs |
- |
Artificial/Terrestrial |
Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations |
- |
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