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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	passage (1992)	min 30 birds	B1i, C2, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding (2009)	12–15 pairs	B1i, B2, C2, C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding (2008)	min 18 pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident (2008)	min 282 pairs	B1iii, C2, C6
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident (2009)	min 38 pairs	A1, B1iii, B2, C1, C2, C6
Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti	VU	resident (2009)	min 4 pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident (2008)	min 17 pairs	B2, C2, C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident (2009)	min 7 pairs	B2, C2, C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding (2009)	min 40 pairs	B2, C2
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter (2005)	min 350 birds	A1, C1

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1997	Cueva de Castañar	Monumento Natural (III)	<1
2003	Corredor del Río Guadalupejo	Corredor Ecológico y de Biodiversidad (IV)	<1
2004	Lorera de la Trucha	Árbol Singular (VI)	-
2004	Castaños de Calabazas	Árbol Singular (III)	-
2004	Roble de la Nava	Árbol Singular (III)	-
2014	Enebro de Carrascalejo	Árbol Singular (III)	-
2014	El Mesto de la Dehesa	Árbol Singular (III)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	26	Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Shrubland	26	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land; Forestry plantations
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Inland cliffs
Wetlands (inland)	-	Rivers and streams

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
hunting	26

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Las Villuercas mountain range (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/las-villuercas-mountain-range-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.