Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2011
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala | EN | resident | 2009 | min 14 breeding pairs | A1, B1i, B2, C1, C2 |
Black Stork Ciconia nigra | LC | passage | 1997 | 20 individuals | B1i, C2 |
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus | LC | breeding | 1996 | 6 breeding pairs | C6 |
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii | VU | passage | 1996 | 227-412 individuals | A1, C1 |
Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Desembocadura del Guadalhorce | Paraje Natural | 67 | protected area overlaps with site | 67 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Alluvial and very wet forest | - |
Shrubland | Scrub | - |
Grassland | Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing freshwater, Standing brackish and salt water, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land, Forestry plantations | - |
Coastline | Sand dunes & beaches, Lagoons | - |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mouth of the river Guadalhorce. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 23/03/2023.