Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| White-rumped Swift Apus caffer |
LC |
breeding (2008) |
min 20 pairs |
C2, C6 |
| Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo |
LC |
resident (1996) |
20 pairs |
C6 |
| Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus |
EN |
passage (2009) |
min 800 birds |
A1, A4ii, B1iii, C1, C2, C6 |
| Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus |
EN |
breeding (2009) |
min 4 pairs |
A1, C1, C6 |
| Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus |
LC |
resident (2008) |
min 361 pairs |
A4ii, B1iii, C2, C6 |
| Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus |
LC |
resident (2009) |
min 600 birds |
B1iii, C2, C6 |
| Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata |
LC |
passage (2009) |
min 6 birds |
B2 |
| A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes |
n/a |
passage (2009) |
min 20,000 birds |
A4iv, B1iv, C5 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
26 |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved evergreen woodland |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
- |
Arable land |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
- |
Inland cliffs |
| Shrubland |
- |
Scrub; Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
26 |
| hunting |
- |
| military |
- |
| other |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bujeo, Ojén, del Niño and Blanquilla mountain ranges (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bujeo-ojén-del-niño-and-blanquilla-mountain-ranges-iba-spain on 22/12/2024.
