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Enguera mountain range-La Canal de Navarrés


IBA Justification

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
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus LC breeding (1997) 10 pairs C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata LC resident (2005) 3–4 pairs C2, C6
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster LC breeding (1997) 230 pairs B2

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest 50 Native coniferous woodland
Shrubland 50 Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Grassland 30 Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Artificial/Terrestrial 10 Perennial crops, orchards and groves
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) 5 Inland cliffs

Land use

Land use % of IBA
hunting 80
forestry 50
agriculture 10


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Enguera mountain range-La Canal de Navarrés (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/enguera-mountain-range-la-canal-de-navarrés-iba-spain on 25/12/2024.