Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Black Stork Ciconia nigra |
LC |
breeding (2010) |
min 19 pairs |
B1i, C2, C6 |
| Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus |
LC |
breeding (2008) |
min 10 pairs |
C6 |
| Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus |
NT |
resident (2009) |
25–30 pairs |
A1, B1iii, B2, C1, C2 |
| Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti |
VU |
resident (2009) |
12 pairs |
A1, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
| Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos |
LC |
resident (2008) |
35–43 pairs |
B2, C2, C6 |
| Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata |
LC |
resident (2009) |
8 pairs |
B2, C2 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
26 |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Mixed woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved evergreen woodland |
| Shrubland |
26 |
Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
- |
Arable land; Forestry plantations |
| Grassland |
- |
Dry siliceous grassland |
| Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) |
- |
Scree & boulders; Inland cliffs |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
26 |
| hunting |
26 |
| forestry |
- |
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 25/12/2024.
