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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
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident (2005)	min 350 birds	A1, C1
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding (2006)	26–29 pairs	B1i, B2, C2, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage (2006)	min 100 birds	B1i, C2, C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding (1996)	min 25 pairs	B2, C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding (1996)	min 50 pairs	B2, C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter (2005)	min 560 birds	A1, C1
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	resident (2005)	min 10 pairs	A1, C1
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding (1996)	min 200 pairs	B2, C6
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding (2002)	191–220 pairs	B2, C2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2001	Río Alcarrache	Corredor Ecológico y de Biodiversidad (IV)	1
2004	Quejigos del Chorrero	Árbol Singular (VI)	-
2017	Sierra del Cordel y Minas de Burguillos del Cerro	Site of scientific interest (IV)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	65	Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Ruderal land
Grassland	-
Shrubland	-
Wetlands (inland)	-	Rivers and streams

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
other	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Jerez de los Caballeros dehesas (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/jerez-de-los-caballeros-dehesas-iba-spain on 22/12/2024.