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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
Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara	LC	resident (2009)	present	B2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1994	Montaña Centinela	Monumento Natural (III)	8
1994	Montaña Centinela	Natural Monument (-)	8

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land; Ruderal land
Desert	-	Semidesert
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Inland cliffs
Shrubland	-

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Centinela mountain and La Esquina plain (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/centinela-mountain-and-la-esquina-plain-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.