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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') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	2010	12,000-15,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2005	min 2,000 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident	2003	min 850 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	2008	min 14 individuals	B1i, C2
Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti	VU	non-breeding	2010	min 30 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2
Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti	VU	resident	2006	1 breeding pairs	C2
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	2007	min 102 breeding pairs	B3, C2, C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2005	min 100 individuals	A1, C1
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	2002	595-720 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1iii, B2, C2, C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1997	Río Matachel	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Río Bembezar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2000	Sierras de Bienvenida y la Capitana	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Río Zújar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2002	Sierra de Azuaga	Parque Periurbano de Conservación y Ocio	2
2003	Campiña sur - Embalse de Arroyo Conejos	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	29
2004	Río Bembezar	Corredor Ecológico y de Biodiversidad	<1
2004	Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de LLerena	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2015	Río Zújar	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	<1
2017	Las Quinientas	Periurban Park	<1
2017	Los Baselisos	Periurban Park	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations	26
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Grassland		-
Shrubland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Azuaga-Llerena-Peraleda de Zaucejo (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/azuaga-llerena-peraleda-de-zaucejo-iba-spain on 22/11/2024.