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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
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	2009	min 30 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	2009	15-30 breeding pairs	C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2008	min 16 breeding pairs	B2, C2
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	2009	10-18 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	2009	20-30 breeding pairs	B2, C2
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	2008	min 21 breeding pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2009	100-200 breeding pairs	B2, C2
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius	LC	resident	2009	200-300 breeding pairs	B2
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura	LC	resident	2009	300-400 breeding pairs	B2, C2

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
1989	Acantilados de Maro-Cerro Gordo	Paraje Natural	<1
1989	Acantilados de Maro--Cerro Gordo	Natural Landscape	<1
1997	Sierras de Tejeda; Almijara y Alhama	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	33
1997	Sierra de Loja	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
1997	Acantilados de Maro-Cerro Gordo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1999	Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama	Parque Natural	33
1999	Sierra de Camarolos	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2002	Sierras de Tejeda; Almijara y Alhama	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	34
2002	Acantilados de Maro-Cerro Gordo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2003	Acantilados De Maro Cerro Gordo	Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (Barcelona Convention)	<1
2011	Tajos del Alcazar	Monumento Natural	<1
2011	Fuente de los Cien Caños-Nacimiento del Rio Guadalhorce	Monumento Natural	<1
2015	Sierra de Loja	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	4
2015	Sierra de Camarolos	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	1
2015	Acantilados de Maro-Cerro Gordo	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	<1
2016	Sierras de Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	33

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	26
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	26
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	-
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Dry siliceous grassland	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Prelittoral mountain ranges of Granada (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/prelittoral-mountain-ranges-of-granada-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.