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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
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	2006	min 14 breeding pairs	C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	2006	max 5 breeding pairs	C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2008	min 2 breeding pairs	C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	2006	max 12 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	resident	2008	min 7 breeding pairs	C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	2006	100 breeding pairs	B2, 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
1999	Sierra del Gigante	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8
1999	Lomas del Buitre y Río Luchena	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5
2000	Sierra de la Torrecilla	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8
2001	Sierras del Gigante-Pericay; Lomas del Buitre-Río Luchena y Sierra de la Torrecilla	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	43

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	26
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	26
Artificial/Terrestrial	Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations, Ruderal land	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	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: Torrecilla and Gigante mountain ranges (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/torrecilla-and-gigante-mountain-ranges-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.