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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2011

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	breeding	2010	3-7 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C6

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)
Reserva Natural Laguna Honda	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	368	protected area overlaps with site	0
Reserva Natural Laguna del Conde o El Salobral	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	345	protected area contained by site	0
Reserva Natural Laguna del Chinche	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	221	protected area overlaps with site	0
Lagunas del Sur de Cordoba	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Lagunas del Sur de Córdoba	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1,502	protected area overlaps with site	207
Lagunas del Sur de Córdoba	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,502	protected area overlaps with site	0
Laguna Honda	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Laguna Honda	Natural Reserve	65	protected area contained by site	65
Laguna Honda	Reserva Natural	12	protected area contained by site	0
Laguna Honda	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	327	protected area overlaps with site	24
Laguna el Conde	Natural Reserve	11	protected area contained by site	11
Laguna del Conde o Salobral	Reserva Natural	73	protected area contained by site	0
Laguna del Chinche	Reserva Natural	5	protected area contained by site	7

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing brackish and salt water, Water fringe vegetation	-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Conde, Chinche and Honda lakes. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/03/2023.