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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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding (2010)	min 13 pairs	B1i, C2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage (2005)	min 25 birds	B1i, C2
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	non-breeding (2010)	1,000–1,500 birds	A4ii, B1iii, C2
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident (2010)	min 10 pairs	A1, C1, C2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1989	Sierra de Aracena y Picos de Aroche	Parque Natural (V)	83
1989	Laguna de el Portil	Reserva Natural (Ib)	70
2004	Puerto Moral	Reserva Natural Concertada (IV)	<1

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

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 24/12/2024.