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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
Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus	NT	resident	2009	min 3 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	breeding	2008	min 10 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C2, C6
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus	EN	non-breeding	2009	4-30 individuals	A1, C1, C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	resident	2008	min 191 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2006	55-85 breeding pairs	C2, C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2011. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	likely in short term (within 4 years)	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Agricultural expansion and intensification	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	medium
Transportation and service corridors	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	Not assessed	Not assessed	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1992	Vall Alta de Serradell-Terreta-Serra de Sant Gervàs	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	37
1992	Faiada de Malpàs, la	Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN)	5
1996	Vall Alta de Serradell-Serra de Sant Gervàs	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	37
1998	Congosto de Sopeira	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2001	La Faiada de Malpàs i Cambatiri	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5
2005	Vall Alta de Serradell-Serra de Sant Gervàs	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	37
2006	La Faiada de Malpàs i Cambatiri	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland		26
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		26
Shrubland		26
Forest		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
hunting	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sant Gervás mountains (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sant-gervás-mountains-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.