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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
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2008	min 21 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	2009	15 breeding pairs	B2, C2
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	2009	12-20 breeding pairs	B2, C2
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2009	250-500 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius	LC	resident	1995	150 breeding pairs	B2
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura	LC	resident	1995	300 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 Nevada	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	70
1973	Sierra Nevada	National Game Reserve	15
1986	Reserva de la Biósfera Sierra Nevada	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	70
1989	Sierra Nevada	Parque Natural	35
1989	Albufera de Adra	Reserva Natural	70
1997	Sierra Nevada	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	70
1997	Sierra Nevada Noroeste	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1999	Sierra Nevada	Parque Nacional	35
2000	Barrancos del Río de Aguas Blancas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2001	Falla de Nigüelas	Monumento Natural	<1
2002	Sierra Nevada	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	71
2003	Cárcavas de Marchal	Monumento Natural	<1
2007	Humedales y Turberas de Padul	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	<1
2015	Barrancos del Río de Aguas Blancas	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs	26
Shrubland	Scrub	26
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Dry siliceous grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	26
hunting	26
nature conservation and research	26
forestry	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sierra Nevada mountain range (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sierra-nevada-mountain-range-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.