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 (2009) |
11–13 pairs |
B2, C2, C6 |
| Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus |
EN |
breeding (2008) |
28 pairs |
A1, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
| Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus |
LC |
breeding (2009) |
14–18 pairs |
B2, C6 |
| Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus |
LC |
resident (2008) |
min 549 pairs |
A4ii, B1iii, C2, C6 |
| Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos |
LC |
resident (2009) |
11 pairs |
C6 |
| Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata |
LC |
resident (2009) |
min 4 pairs |
C2, C6 |
| Red Kite Milvus milvus |
LC |
resident (2009) |
8–12 pairs |
A1, C1, C6 |
| Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus |
LC |
resident (2009) |
30 pairs |
C6 |
| Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax |
LC |
resident (2009) |
200–400 pairs |
B2, C2 |
| Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush Monticola saxatilis |
LC |
breeding (2009) |
min 50 pairs |
B2 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
26 |
Scree & boulders; Inland cliffs |
| Shrubland |
26 |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
- |
Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Forestry plantations |
| Forest |
- |
Native coniferous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved evergreen woodland |
| Grassland |
- |
Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
26 |
| hunting |
26 |
| forestry |
- |
| military |
- |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Guara mountain range (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/guara-mountain-range-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.
