Data Zone
Country/territory: Spain
IBA Criteria met: A1, A4i, A4ii, B1i, B1ii, C1, C2, C3, C6 (2011)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 90,020 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2008 | high | not assessed | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
An estuary between Cape Ortegal and the Estaca de Bares. It includes marine areas, wide intertidal mudflats, a belt of halophytic vegetation, and some islets.
Key biodiversity
This is an important site for breeding seabirds and passage and wintering waders.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Cape Candelaria-Ortigueira estuary-Cape Estaca de Bares. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 25/05/2019.
