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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
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	2010	min 19 breeding pairs	B1i, C2, C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	2008	min 10 breeding pairs	C6
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident	2009	25-30 breeding pairs	A1, B1iii, B2, C1, C2
Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti	VU	resident	2009	12 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2008	35-43 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	2009	8 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
-	Sierra Norte	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	97
1989	Sierra Norte de Sevilla	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	91
1989	Sierra Norte de Sevilla	Parque Natural	96
1989	Sierra Norte	Nature Park	91
1997	Sierra Norte de Sevilla	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	97
1999	Sierra de Alanís	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Venta de Las Navas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Barrancos del Río Retortillo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2001	Cascadas del Huesna	Monumento Natural	<1
2003	Cerro del Hierro	Monumento Natural	<1
2015	Sierra de Alanis	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	<1
2015	Venta de las Navas	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Shrubland	Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	26
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	-
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
hunting	26
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sierra Morena de Sevilla (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sierra-morena-de-sevilla-iba-spain on 22/11/2024.