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 |
| Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus |
NT |
resident (2010) |
5 pairs |
B2, C2, C6 |
| Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus |
EN |
non-breeding (1994) |
22–100 birds |
A1, B1iii, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
| Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus |
EN |
breeding (2008) |
26 pairs |
A1, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
| Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus |
LC |
resident (2008) |
min 422 pairs |
A4ii, B1iii, C2, C6 |
| Red Kite Milvus milvus |
LC |
resident (2009) |
min 12 pairs |
A1, C1 |
| Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax |
LC |
resident (2001) |
300–450 pairs |
B2, C2 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
26 |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Native coniferous woodland |
| Grassland |
26 |
|
| Shrubland |
26 |
Scrub; Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
- |
Inland cliffs |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| forestry |
26 |
| hunting |
26 |
| agriculture |
- |
| not utilised |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dos Ríos and Orba mountain ranges (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dos-ríos-and-orba-mountain-ranges-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.
