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

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
1997	Dehesas de Jerez	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	21
1997	Río Alcarrache	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1997	Río Ardila Bajo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1997	Río Ardila Alto	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1999	Cueva del Valle de Santa Ana	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Dehesas de Jerez	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	20
2000	Sierras de Alor y Monte Longo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2001	Río Alcarrache	Corredor Ecológico y de Biodiversidad	1
2003	Embalse de Valuengo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2004	Mina las Marias	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Quejigos del Chorrero	Árbol Singular	-
2012	Arroyos Cabriles y Friegamuñoz	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2012	Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de Jerez de los Caballeros	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2017	Sierra del Cordel y Minas de Burguillos del Cerro	Site of scientific interest	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	65
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Ruderal land	-
Grassland		-
Shrubland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.