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

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	Sierra de las Villuercas y Valle del Guadarranque	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	41
1997	Sierra de Cabezas de Aguila	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1997	Río Ruecas Alto	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1997	Río Almonte	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1997	Rincón del Torozo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1997	Cueva de Castañar	Monumento Natural	<1
2000	Sierra de las Villuercas y Valle del Guadarranque	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	40
2000	Río Guadalupejo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2002	Rincón del Torozo	Microrreserva	<1
2003	Corredor del Río Guadalupejo	Corredor Ecológico y de Biodiversidad	<1
2004	Roble de la Nava	Árbol Singular	-
2004	Castaños de Calabazas	Árbol Singular	-
2004	Tunel de Cañamero	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Lorera de la Trucha	Árbol Singular	-
2004	Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de Belvis de Monroy	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2005	Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla de Saucedilla	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2006	Riberos del Almonte	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2014	Enebro de Carrascalejo	Árbol Singular	-
2014	El Mesto de la Dehesa	Árbol Singular	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	26
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.