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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
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2008	min 25 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	2008	min 495 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1iii, C2, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2008	min 11 breeding pairs	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	2008	min 12 breeding pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2004	min 120 breeding pairs	B2, 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
1973	Serranía de Cuenca	National Game Reserve	25
2001	Serranía de Cuenca	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	93
2003	Torcas de Lagunaseca	Monumento Natural	<1
2004	Hoz de Beteta y Sumidero de Mata Asnos	Monumento Natural	1
2005	Serranía de Cuenca	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	95
2006	Cueva de los Morceguillos	Microrreserva	<1
2007	Serrania de Cuenca	Parque Natural	50

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	70
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations, Ruderal land	26
Shrubland	Scrub	25
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.