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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
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding (2008)	min 25 pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident (2008)	min 495 pairs	A4ii, B1iii, C2, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident (2008)	min 11 pairs	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident (2008)	min 12 pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident (2004)	min 120 pairs	B2, C2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1973	Serranía de Cuenca	National Game Reserve (IV)	25
2003	Torcas de Lagunaseca	Monumento Natural (III)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	70	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland
Artificial/Terrestrial	26	Forestry plantations; Ruderal land
Shrubland	25	Scrub
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Scree & boulders; Inland cliffs

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	26
forestry	10
agriculture	-

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