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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
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	2008	min 16 breeding pairs	C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	2008	min 6 breeding pairs	C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	2009	min 20 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	2008	min 10 breeding pairs	C6

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 Maria - Los Velez	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	34
-	Sierra Maria	Nature Park	28
1987	Sierra María-Los Velez	Parque Natural	34
1997	Sierra Maria - Los Vélez	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	34
1997	Sierra del Oso	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	18
2003	Sabina Albar	Monumento Natural	-
2004	Cueva de San Ambrosio	Monumento Natural	<1
2006	Sierra Maria - Los Vélez	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	34
2015	Sierra del Oso	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	18

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	26

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	26
agriculture	-
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: María mountain range-Los Vélez (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/maría-mountain-range-los-vélez-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.