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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
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	2009	11-13 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2008	28 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	2009	14-18 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	2008	min 549 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1iii, C2, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2009	11 breeding pairs	C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	2009	min 4 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	resident	2009	8-12 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	2009	30 breeding pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2009	200-400 breeding pairs	B2, C2
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush Monticola saxatilis	LC	breeding	2009	min 50 breeding pairs	B2

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
1988	Sierra y Cañones de Guara	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	81
1990	Sierra y los Cañones de Guara	Parque Natural	47
1990	Sierra y cañones de Guara	Nature Park	81
1997	Guara Norte	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	13
1998	Sierra y Cañones de Guara	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	34
2000	Silves	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	26
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	26
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	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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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 23/11/2024.