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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
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2008	8-9 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C2, C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	2008	569 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1iii, C2, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2009	13-15 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	2005	3 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2001	200-400 breeding pairs	B2, C2
Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti	VU	resident	2009	44-45 males	A1, C1, C2
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura	LC	resident	2001	40-80 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
2000	Parque Cultural del Río Martín	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	50
2000	Las Planetas-Claverías	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2001	Desfiladeros del Río Martín	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	63

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	26
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	26
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
hunting	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: River Martín canyons and Arcos mountain range (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/river-martín-canyons-and-arcos-mountain-range-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.