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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Sierra Maria	Nature Park (-)	28
1987	Sierra María-Los Velez	Parque Natural (V)	34
2003	Sabina Albar	Monumento Natural (III)	-

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

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 23/12/2024.