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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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2003	min 5 breeding pairs	B1i, C2
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident	2006	91-130 breeding pairs	A1, A4ii, B1iii, B2, C1, C2, C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	2009	min 50 breeding pairs	B1iii, B2, C2
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2009	min 45 individuals	A1, C1

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
1997	Las Hurdes	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8
1997	Sierra de Gata	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	17
1997	Río Erjas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1999	Sierras de Risco Viejo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2000	Sierra de Gata y Valle de las Pilas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	17
2000	Río Esperaban	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Riveras de Gata y Acebo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Ríos Arrago y Tralgas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2001	Enebro de las Mestas	Árbol Singular	-
2001	Tejos del Cerezal	Árbol Singular	-
2003	Volcán de el Gasco	Lugar de Interés Científico	<1
2004	Cedro de Gata	Árbol Singular	-
2004	Madroña de Guijarroblanco	Árbol Singular	-
2005	Magnolio de los Duran	Árbol Singular	-
2006	Hurdes	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	11
2014	Castaño del Cobijo	Árbol Singular	-
2016	Camino de Trevejo a Jálama	Corredores Ecoculturales	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	60
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations	25
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: East Gata mountain range (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/east-gata-mountain-range-iba-spain on 24/11/2024.