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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A large mountainous area on the border with Portugal. The site contains well-preserved Mediterranean vegetation, with
Quercus woodland, dehesas, grassland, scrub and maquis. The main human activities are livestock-farming, game hunting and cork harvesting (`Other' land-use).
An important site for breeding storks, raptors and steppic species.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The main threats are hunting, disturbance by climbers and photo-graphers, the construction of a gas pipeline, and hunting pressure.
National None
International Partial83,217 ha of IBA covered by Special Protection Area (Sierra de San Pedro, 83,217 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: San Pedro mountain range (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/san-pedro-mountain-range-iba-spain on 22/12/2024.
