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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
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix	LC	resident	2009	100-200 breeding pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2009	50-150 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Dartford Warbler Curruca undata	NT	resident	2009	200-500 breeding pairs	A1, C1
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush Monticola saxatilis	LC	breeding	2009	50-100 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
1978	Lago de Sanabria y Sierras Segundera y de Porto	Parque Natural	34
1978	Lago de Sanabria	Nature Park	29
1990	Lago de Truchillas	Monumento Natural	1
1990	Lago de la Baña	Monumento Natural	1
1990	Lago de La Baña	Natural Monument	1
1997	Lago De Sanabria y Alrededores	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	32
1997	Sierra De La Cabrera	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	14
1999	Pena Trevinca	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	11
2000	Lago de Sanabria y alrededores - ZEPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	32
2000	Sierra de la Cabrera - ZEPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	14
2004	Pena Trevinca	Zona de Especial Protección de los Valores Naturales	12
2004	Pena Trevinca	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	11

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland, Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland, Humid grasslands	26
Shrubland	Scrub, Heathland	26
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	-
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Raised bogs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
forestry	-
hunting	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: La Cabrera mountain range (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/la-cabrera-mountain-range-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.