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

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
1989	Sierra Pelada y Rivera del Aserrador	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	26
1989	Sierra Pelada y Rivera del Aserrador	Paraje Natural	27
1989	Peñas de Aroche	Paraje Natural	2
1989	Picos de Aroche	Natural Landscape	1
1997	Sierra Pelada y Rivera del Aserrador	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	25
1997	Peñas de Aroche	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2000	Rivera de Chanza	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Mina Carpio	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2002	Peñas de Aroche	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2015	Sierra Pelada y Rivera del Aserrador	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	25
2015	Peñas de Aroche	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	2
2015	Rivera de Chanza	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	<1
2015	Mina Carpio	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	26
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.