Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A sparsely populated mountainous site with scrub, garrigue, grasslands and
Pinus forest. The area is used for sheep- and goat-grazing and forestry
This is an important site for cliff-nesting raptors.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Plans to construct a dam and a railway are the main threats to the site.
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: River Jalón canyon (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/river-jalón-canyon-iba-spain on 03/12/2024.