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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
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident (2009)	11–12 pairs	B2, C2, C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident (1996)	150 pairs	B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1988	Sierras Subbéticas	Parque Natural (V)	49
1988	Sierras Subbéticas de Córdoba	Nature Park (V)	49
2001	Cueva de los Murciélagos	Monumento Natural (III)	<1
2003	Falla de la Sierra del Camorro	Monumento Natural (III)	<1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	40	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes; Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Forestry plantations
Shrubland	30	Scrub; Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Forest	20	Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Grassland	10	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland; Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland; Humid grasslands
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Inland cliffs
Wetlands (inland)	-	Rivers and streams

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	95
agriculture	40
forestry	15

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mountain ranges of Cordoba (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mountain-ranges-of-cordoba-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.