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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
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident (2005)	min 350 birds	A1, C1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage (2010)	min 140 birds	B1i, C2
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding (2005)	max 6 pairs	C6
Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti	VU	resident (2011)	4 pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2
Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti	VU	non-breeding (2011)	15–20 birds	A1, C1
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident (2008)	6–7 pairs	C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident (2005)	min 2 pairs	C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding (2005)	max 20 pairs	B2, C2
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter (2005)	min 150 birds	A1, C1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1998	Sierra Grande de Hornachos	Zona de Interes Regional (IV)	14

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	26	Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Forestry plantations; Ruderal land
Grassland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Inland cliffs
Shrubland	-	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
forestry	26
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Central Badajoz mountain ranges (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/central-badajoz-mountain-ranges-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.