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 |
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax |
NT |
resident (2005) |
min 250 birds |
A1, C1 |
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax |
NT |
winter (2006) |
min 50 birds |
A1, C1 |
Black Stork Ciconia nigra |
LC |
breeding (2003) |
min 6 pairs |
B1i, C2 |
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus |
EN |
breeding (2008) |
min 12 pairs |
A1, C1, C2 |
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus |
LC |
resident (2008) |
min 187 pairs |
C2, C6 |
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus |
NT |
resident (2008) |
18–20 pairs |
A1, B1iii, B2, C1, C2 |
Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti |
VU |
resident (2010) |
2 pairs |
A1, B2, C1, C2 |
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus |
LC |
breeding (2009) |
min 25 pairs |
B2, C2 |
Red Kite Milvus milvus |
LC |
breeding (2005) |
min 11 pairs |
A1, C1 |
Red Kite Milvus milvus |
LC |
winter (2005) |
min 200 birds |
A1, C1 |
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2011. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
2008 |
good |
very high |
very low |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
population |
medium |
|
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Forest |
50 |
Broadleaved evergreen woodland |
Shrubland |
30 |
|
Artificial/Terrestrial |
- |
Arable land; Forestry plantations |
Grassland |
- |
|
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
- |
Inland cliffs |
Wetlands (inland) |
- |
Rivers and streams |
Land use |
% of IBA |
agriculture |
26 |
hunting |
26 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Coria mountain ranges (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/coria-mountain-ranges-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.