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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
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	2009	min 25 breeding pairs	C6
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident	2006	20 breeding pairs	A1, B1iii, B2, C1, C2, C6
Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti	VU	resident	2007	min 2 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, 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
1990	Sierra de Los Canalizos	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	25
1997	Ríos de la cuenca media del Guadiana y laderas vertientes	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8
1997	Ríos Quejigal; Valdeazogues y Alcudia	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1999	Laguna Volcánica de Michos	Monumento Natural	<1
2001	Sierra de Los Canalizos	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	24
2003	Bonal del Barranco de Riofrío	Microrreserva	<1
2005	Ríos de la cuenca media del Guadiana y laderas vertientes	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	9

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	26
Grassland		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Canalizos mountain range (Saceruela) (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/canalizos-mountain-range-(saceruela)-iba-spain on 22/11/2024.