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El Hito


IBA Justification

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).


IBA Protection

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 Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 955 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

Habitats

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

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.