Current view: Data table and detailed info
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'):
Species |
Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) |
Population estimate at site |
IBA criteria met |
Common Crane Grus grus |
LC |
passage |
2010 |
min 5,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Common Crane Grus grus |
LC |
winter |
2003 |
1,636-4,824 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
passage |
2010 |
min 500 individuals |
C6 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
breeding |
2003 |
min 31 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
passage |
2010 |
min 1,400 individuals |
B1i, C2, C6 |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
breeding |
2003 |
min 55 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti |
VU |
resident |
2010 |
min 14 males |
C6 |
The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2011).
Protected area (PA) |
PA designation |
PA area (ha) |
Relationship of PA with IBA |
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
Laguna el Hito
|
Reserva Natural |
573 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Laguna de El Hito
|
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) |
955 |
protected area contained by site |
915 |
Laguna de El Hito
|
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance |
573 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Laguna de El Hito
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
955 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Habitat (IUCN level 1) |
Habitat detail |
Extent (% of site) |
Wetlands (inland) |
Standing freshwater |
- |
Artificial/Terrestrial |
Arable land |
- |
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here.
Land-use |
Extent (% of site) |
agriculture |
- |
hunting |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: El Hito. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/el-hito-iba-spain on 19/03/2024.