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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
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding (2009)	min 22 pairs	B2, C6
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus	LC	non-breeding (2010)	min 350 birds	C2
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus	NT	resident (2009)	94–109 pairs	A1, A4ii, B1iii, B2, C1, C2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1989	Sierra Pelada y Rivera del Aserrador	Paraje Natural (II)	27
1989	Peñas de Aroche	Paraje Natural (II)	2
1989	Picos de Aroche	Natural Landscape (-)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	26	Forestry plantations
Forest	-	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Shrubland	-	Scrub

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	26
hunting	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sierra Pelada mountain range (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sierra-pelada-mountain-range-iba-spain on 24/12/2024.