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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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	2009	min 30 individuals	B1i, C2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2009	3-5 breeding pairs	B1i, C2
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	2004	70 breeding pairs	C2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2011. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	5	5	breeding pairs	100	favourable
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	100	100	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	500	500	individuals	100	favourable
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	3	3	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	70	70	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Residential and commercial development	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Pollution	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Transportation and service corridors	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1997	Sierra de Gredos y Valle del Jerte	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	9
2000	Ríos Alagon y Jerte	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2000	Arroyos Barbaon y Calzones	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2001	Roble de Romanejo o del Acarreadero	Árbol Singular	-
2004	Roble Grande de la Solana	Árbol Singular	-
2005	Monte Valcorchero	Paisaje Protegido	6
2006	Castaños de la Fuente de las Escobanchas	Árbol Singular	-
2006	Castaños de Escondelobo o Condelobo	Árbol Singular	-
2012	Colonias de Cernícalo Primilla y El Cachón de Plasencia	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Artificial/Terrestrial	Other urban and industrial areas	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	-
Shrubland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Plasencia and San Bernabé mountain range (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/plasencia-and-san-bernabé-mountain-range-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.