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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
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix	LC	resident	2002	50-300 breeding pairs	C6
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	resident	2010	max 2 males	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	2002	10-90 breeding pairs	C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2008	14-15 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	2010	15-35 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	resident	1998	5-15 breeding pairs	A1, C1
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident	2010	50-100 breeding pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	2010	100-300 breeding pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2002	160-1,600 breeding pairs	B2, C2
Dartford Warbler Curruca undata	NT	resident	2002	60-600 breeding pairs	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
1966	Saja	National Game Reserve	60
1988	Saja-Besaya	Parque Natural	21
1988	Oyambre	Parque Natural	20
1997	Fuentes Carrionas y Fuente Cobre-Montaña Palentina	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	19
1997	Río Nansa	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1997	Río Camesa	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Fuentes Carrionas y Fuente Cobre-Montaña Palentina	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	18
2000	Fuentes Carrionas y Fuente Cobre - Montaña Palentina	Parque Natural	19
2000	Sierra del Cordel y cabeceras del Nansa y del Saja	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	14
2000	Sierra de Híjar	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4
2001	Valles altos del Nansa y Saja y Alto Campoo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	37
2001	Río Saja	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2006	LIC-VALLES ALTOS DEL NANSA Y SAJA Y ALTO CAMPOO	Zona de la Red Ecológica Europea Natura 2000	38
2006	ZEPA-SIERRA DEL CORDEL Y CABECERAS DEL NANSA Y DEL SAJA	Zona de la Red Ecológica Europea Natura 2000	14
2006	ZEPA-SIERRA DE HIJAR	Zona de la Red Ecológica Europea Natura 2000	4
2006	LIC-RIO SAJA	Zona de la Red Ecológica Europea Natura 2000	<1
2006	LIC-RIO NANSA	Zona de la Red Ecológica Europea Natura 2000	<1
2006	LIC-RIO CAMESA	Zona de la Red Ecológica Europea Natura 2000	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Alpine, subalpine and boreal grassland, Humid grasslands	26
Shrubland	Scrub, Heathland	26
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Peña Labra and Cordel mountain ranges (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/peña-labra-and-cordel-mountain-ranges-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.