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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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	non-breeding	2006	max 61 individuals	A1, B1i, C1, C2
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	2003	min 7 breeding pairs	C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	2004	7 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2011	16-46 breeding pairs	C6
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus	LC	resident	2003	min 15 breeding pairs	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)
Valles submarinos del Escarpe de Mazarrón	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	154,082	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sierra de las Moreras	Paisaje Protegido	1,712	protected area overlaps with site	1,960
Sierra de las Moreras	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,504	protected area overlaps with site	1,356
Sierra de Almenara	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	19,415	protected area overlaps with site	12,571
Lagunas de las Moreras	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	73	protected area overlaps with site	0
Lagunas de las Moreras	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	72	protected area overlaps with site	0
Isla Cueva de Lobos	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	28	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Franja Litoral Sumergida de la Región de Murcia	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	13,468	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Calnegre	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	781	protected area overlaps with site	0
Cabo Cope y Puntas de Calnegre	Parque Regional	2,665	protected area overlaps with site	250
Cabo Cope	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	240	protected area overlaps with site	241
Almenara-Moreras-Cabo Cope	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	22,201	protected area overlaps with site	15,772

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Desert	Semidesert	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Ruderal land	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-

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 (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: La Almenara mountain range-Cape Cope. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/05/2022.