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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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2010	min 13 breeding pairs	B1i, C2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	2005	min 25 individuals	B1i, C2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	non-breeding	2010	1,000-1,500 individuals	A4ii, B1iii, C2
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident	2010	min 10 breeding pairs	A1, C1, 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
-	Sierra de Aracena y Picos deAroche	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	83
1989	Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	65
1989	Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche	Parque Natural	83
1989	Laguna de el Portil	Reserva Natural	70
1997	Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	83
2000	Rivera de Chanza	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Puerto Moral	Reserva Natural Concertada	<1
2015	Rivera de Chanza	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	-
Grassland		-
Shrubland		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	26
hunting	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Las Contiendas mountain range (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/las-contiendas-mountain-range-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.