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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
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident (2008)	min 1 pairs	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident (2008)	min 7 pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident (2008)	27–51 pairs	C2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1992	Sierra de la Pila	Parque Regional (II)	78

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	26	Forestry plantations
Forest	26	Native coniferous woodland
Shrubland	26	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	-	Inland cliffs

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	26
hunting	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pila mountain range (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pila-mountain-range-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.