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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident (2009)	35–60 birds	A1, C1
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident (2009)	13–33 pairs	B2, C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding (2009)	30–45 pairs	B2, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident (2008)	min 25 pairs	B2, C2, C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident (2009)	30–50 pairs	B2, C2, C6
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster	LC	breeding (1997)	300 pairs	B2
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident (1997)	100 pairs	B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1973	Muela de Cortes	National Game Reserve (IV)	13
1995	Hoces del Cabriel en Cuenca	Natural Reserve (-)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	70	Native coniferous woodland; Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Shrubland	30	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis
Artificial/Terrestrial	25	Perennial crops, orchards and groves
Grassland	20	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	5	Inland cliffs

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	80
forestry	50
agriculture	25

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rivers Cabriel and Júcar canyons (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rivers-cabriel-and-júcar-canyons-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.