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Hurdes
Quick facts
- Natura 2000 site (code ES0000355)
- Under Birds Directive
- Since Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 CEST 2003
- Country: Spain
- Administrative region: Extremadura (ES43)
- Surface area: 272 km2 (27236.58 ha)
- Marine area: 0%
- Located in Mediterranean biogeographical region
- It protects 95 species of the Nature Directives
- It protects 12 habitat types of the Habitats Directive
Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form
Species
List
Gallery
Species summary
Nature directives' species in this site (95)| Species group | Number |
|---|---|
| Amphibians | 1 |
| Birds | 79 |
| Fishes | 1 |
| Flowering Plants | 4 |
| Invertebrates | 3 |
| Mammals | 4 |
| Reptiles | 3 |
Habitat types
| Habitat type code | Habitat type english name | Cover [ha] |
|---|---|---|
| 4030 | European dry heaths | 7340.2 |
| 4090 | Endemic oro-Mediterranean heaths with gorse | 63.67 |
| 5120 | Mountain Cytisus purgans formations | 37.29 |
| 5210 | Arborescent matorral with Juniperus spp | 38.82 |
| 6220 | Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the Thero-Brachypodietea | 1.51 |
| 8130 | Western Mediterranean and thermophilous scree | 83.17 |
| 8220 | Siliceous rocky slopes with chasmophytic vegetation | 669.39 |
| 91E0 | Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) | 44.81 |
| 9230 | Galicio-Portuguese oak woods with Quercus robur and Quercus pyrenaica | 11.48 |
| 9260 | Castanea sativa woods | 81.1 |
| 9330 | Quercus suber forests | 272.37 |
| 9340 | Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia forests | 1529.38 |
Designation information
NATURA 2000 is the ecological network for the conservation of wild animals and plant
species and natural habitats of Community importance within the Union. It consists of
sites classified under the Birds Directive and the Habitats Directive (the Nature Directives).
NATURA 2000 site under
| Birds Directive 2009/147/EC (SPA) |
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Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 CEST 2003 |
| Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) |
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| Date of Standard data form update | Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 CET 2015 |
Other resources
| Natura 2000 map viewer | Interactive map designed for showing and querying Natura 2000 sites. Other information such as Nationally designated areas and LIFE projects are also available. |
| Protected planet map viewer | Interactive map showing the World Database on Protected Areas |
| European protected sites map viewer | Simple interactive map showing Natura 2000 sites and Nationally designated areas |
| Data download | The Natura 2000 dataset is available from the European Environment Agency website |
