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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
Stock Dove Columba oenas	LC	resident	1997	400 breeding pairs	B3
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	1997	40-50 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	1997	20-30 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata	LC	resident	2008	15-16 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster	LC	breeding	1996	300-500 breeding pairs	B2
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident	1996	150-200 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura	LC	breeding	1996	40 breeding pairs	B2

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
1997	Sierra del Negrete	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7
1997	Rentos de Orchova y vertientes del Turia	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1997	Sierras de Talayuelas y Aliaguilla	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1997	Sabinar de Alpuente	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2000	Alto Túria	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	10
2000	Lavajos de Sinarcas	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2003	Laguna de Talayuelas	Microrreserva	<1
2006	Rentos de Orchova y vertientes del Turia	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1
2006	Sima Colomera	Cuevas	-
2006	Sima del Higueral	Cuevas	-
2006	Sima de las Palomas	Cuevas	-
2007	Chera-Sot de Chera	Parque Natural	4
2007	Los Calderones	Paraje Natural Municipal	<1
2009	Alto Turia y Sierra del Negrete	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	63
2010	Sierra de Chiva	Paraje Natural Municipal	3
2011	Lavajos de Sinarcas	Zonas Húmedas	<1
2011	El Barchell	Zonas Húmedas	<1
2013	Nacimiento del Río Tuéjar	Paraje Natural Municipal	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	50
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations	30
Shrubland	Scrub, Sclerophyllous scrub, garrigue and maquis	30
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams	25
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)	Inland cliffs	15

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	90
forestry	65
agriculture	15
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Turia canyon and Los Serranos (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/turia-canyon-and-los-serranos-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.