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 (2000) |
min 40 pairs |
C2, C6 |
| White Stork Ciconia ciconia |
LC |
breeding (2004) |
max 159 pairs |
C6 |
| Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus |
EN |
breeding (2009) |
3–5 pairs |
A1, C1, C6 |
| Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus |
LC |
resident (2008) |
min 626 pairs |
A4ii, B1iii, C2 |
| Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata |
LC |
resident (2009) |
max 16 pairs |
B2, C2, C6 |
| Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus |
LC |
breeding (2000) |
min 32 pairs |
B2, C2, C6 |
| Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni |
LC |
breeding (2008) |
min 110 pairs |
B2, C2 |
| Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus |
LC |
resident (2008) |
min 22 pairs |
C6 |
| A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes |
n/a |
passage (2009) |
min 20,000 birds |
A4iv, B1iv, C5 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
60 |
Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved evergreen woodland |
| Grassland |
20 |
Dry siliceous grassland |
| Shrubland |
20 |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
- |
Highly improved re-seeded landscapes; Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
- |
Scree & boulders; Inland cliffs |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| hunting |
90 |
| other |
60 |
| agriculture |
35 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cabras, Aljibe and Montecoche mountain range (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cabras-aljibe-and-montecoche-mountain-range-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.
