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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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	resident (2009)	3–6 pairs	A1, C1
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	resident (2011)	50–80 pairs	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident (2009)	66–80 pairs	C2, C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	non-breeding (2009)	130–160 birds	B1iii, C2
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	winter (2009)	10–20 birds	C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding (2009)	1–3 pairs	C6
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding (2009)	5–8 pairs	C6
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding (2011)	max 1 pairs	C6
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	passage (2008)	3–15 birds	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	El Valle	Regional Park (-)	7
1992	Carrascoy y el Valle	Parque Regional (II)	8

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	26	Arable land
Desert	26	Semidesert
Shrubland	26	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Forest	-	Native coniferous woodland
Grassland	-	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Inland cliffs

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	26
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: El Valle, Altaona and Escalona mountains (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/el-valle-altaona-and-escalona-mountains-iba-spain on 24/12/2024.