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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
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	2007	min 1,416 individuals	B1i, C2
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	winter	2006	min 2,000 individuals	A1, C1
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2005	min 1,200 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2000	min 8 breeding pairs	B1i, C2
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2008	min 9 breeding pairs	C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	2005	min 8 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2005	min 50 individuals	A1, C1
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	resident	2009	present	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
1997	La Serena	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	10
1997	Sierra de Moraleja	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2000	Sierra de Moraleja y Piedra Santa	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3
2000	Río Ortiga	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Río Zújar	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2003	La Serena y Sierras Periféricas	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	14
2003	Sierras de Peñalsordo y Capilla	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	5
2004	Embalse de la Serena	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1
2015	Río Zújar	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations	26
Forest	Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Shrubland		26
Grassland		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
hunting	26

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Puerto de Mejoral-Almorchón-Cabeza del Buey (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/puerto-de-mejoral-almorchón-cabeza-del-buey-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.