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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
Grey Partridge Perdix perdix	LC	resident	2009	50 breeding pairs	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	2009	21 breeding pairs	C6
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus	LC	breeding	2008	20-25 breeding pairs	C6
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos	LC	resident	2008	6 breeding pairs	C6
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus	LC	breeding	2009	20 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	LC	resident	2008	25 breeding pairs	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
1973	Cameros	National Game Reserve	48
1973	Urbión	National Game Reserve	47
1990	Sierras de Demanda; Urbión, Cebollera y Cameros	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	44
1995	Sierra de Cebollera	Parque Natural	10
1999	Sierras De Urbión y Cebollera	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	23
1999	Sierra De La Demanda	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	10
2000	Sierra de Urbión	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	23
2000	Riberas Del Río Duero y Afluentes	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2001	Sierra de la Demanda - ZEPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	10
2003	Sierras de Demanda, Urbión, Cebollera y Cameros	Zona de Especial Conservación de Importancia Comunitaria	48
2007	Humedales de la Sierra de Urbión	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	<1
2008	Lagunas Glaciares de Neila	Parque Natural	4
2008	Acebal de Garagüeta	Reserva Natural	<1
2010	Laguna Negra y Circos Glaciares de Urbion	Parque Natural	3
2014	Sierras de Demanda; Urbión, Cebollera y Cameros	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	48

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	30
Shrubland	Scrub, Heathland	30
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	20
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	20

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
forestry	50
agriculture	40

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Urbión and Cebollera Mountain Ranges (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/urbión-and-cebollera-mountain-ranges-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.