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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)	min 15 pairs	B2, C2
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding (2009)	min 50 pairs	B1iii, B2, C2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1970	Serranía de Ronda	National Game Reserve (IV)	1
1989	Sierra de las Nieves	Parque Natural (V)	15
1989	Los Reales de Sierra Bermeja	Paraje Natural (II)	1
1989	Sierra Crestellina	Paraje Natural (II)	<1
2001	Pinsapo de las Escaleretas	Monumento Natural (III)	-
2011	Mirador Cuenca del Rio Turon-Mirador del Guarda Forestal	Monumento Natural (III)	<1
2011	Nacimiento del Rio Genal	Monumento Natural (III)	-

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	26	Native coniferous woodland; Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	26	Scree & boulders; Inland cliffs
Shrubland	26	Scrub; Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land
Grassland	-	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mountain ranges of Ronda, Bermeja and Crestellina (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mountain-ranges-of-ronda-bermeja-and-crestellina-iba-spain on 28/12/2024.