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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
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2005	min 350 individuals	A1, C1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2006	26-29 breeding pairs	B1i, B2, C2, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	2006	min 100 individuals	B1i, C2, C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	1996	min 25 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	1996	min 50 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2005	min 560 individuals	A1, C1
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	resident	2005	min 10 breeding pairs	A1, C1
Milvus migrans	NR	breeding	1996	min 200 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	2002	191-220 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 Alor y Monte Longo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6,683	protected area overlaps with site	1,402
Sierra del Cordel y Minas de Burguillos del Cerro	Site of scientific interest	47	protected area contained by site	0
Sierra de Aracena y Picos deAroche	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	0	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	186,796	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	186,796	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche	Parque Natural	186,827	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Río Ardila Bajo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	965	protected area overlaps with site	808
Río Ardila Alto	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,048	protected area overlaps with site	0
Río Alcarrache	Corredor Ecológico y de Biodiversidad	1,491	protected area overlaps with site	0
Río Alcarrache	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,337	protected area contained by site	1,162
Quejigos del Chorrero	Árbol Singular	3	protected area contained by site	0
Mina las Marias	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3	protected area contained by site	1
Embalse de Valuengo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	285	protected area contained by site	0
Dehesas de Jerez	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	47,537	protected area overlaps with site	0
Dehesas de Jerez	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	47,537	protected area overlaps with site	36,580
Cueva del Valle de Santa Ana	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3	protected area contained by site	5
Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de Jerez de los Caballeros	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	66	protected area contained by site	0
Arroyos Cabriles y Friegamuñoz	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	122	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Shrubland		-
Grassland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Ruderal land	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jerez de los Caballeros dehesas. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jerez-de-los-caballeros-dehesas-iba-spain on 25/09/2023.