Data Zone
Country/territory: Spain
IBA Criteria met: A1, B2, C1, C2, C6 (2011)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 47,000 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | very high | very unfavourable | negligible |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
A semi-arid area with non-irrigated cereal crops, open Quercus woodland and extensive areas of low scrub and dry grasslands.
Key biodiversity
An important area for steppic species and passerines characteristic of semi-arid agricultural sites. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Tetrax tetrax (100 resident individuals).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Hoya de Guadix. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 22/03/2019.
