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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'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2008	min 21 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	2009	15 breeding pairs	B2, C2
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	2009	12-20 breeding pairs	B2, C2
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2009	250-500 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius	LC	resident	1995	150 breeding pairs	B2
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura	LC	resident	1995	300 breeding pairs	B2, C2

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	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sierra Nevada mountain range. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sierra-nevada-mountain-range-iba-spain on 04/12/2023.