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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	resident	2004	max 80 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	resident	2004	max 30 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	LC	resident	2004	max 1,000 breeding pairs	B1i, C3
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	resident	2004	max 500 breeding pairs	B1i, C2, C6
Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus	LC	resident	1996	400 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	resident	2004	max 200 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	LC	winter	2004	max 5,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	resident	2004	max 100 breeding pairs	B2
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	winter	2004	max 500 individuals	A1, C1
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	winter	2004	max 3,000 individuals	A1, B1i, C1, C3
Little Stint Calidris minuta	LC	winter	2004	max 5,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	winter	2004	max 3,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola	LC	breeding	2004	max 100 breeding pairs	B1i, B2, C2
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	winter	2004	max 5,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	2007	82-100 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	winter	2004	max 300 individuals	B1i, C2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1996	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii, C4

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Río Guadiana y Ribera de Chanza	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Río Guadiana y Ribera de Chanza	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,463	protected area overlaps with site	0
Marismas de Isla Cristina-Ayamonte	Natural Landscape	2,145	protected area contained by site	2,145
Marismas de Isla Cristina	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,498	protected area overlaps with site	0
Marismas de Isla Cristina	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Marismas de Isla Cristina	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,498	protected area overlaps with site	2,498
Marismas de Isla Cristina	Paraje Natural	2,145	protected area overlaps with site	0
Isla de San Bruno	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Isla de San Bruno	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	377	protected area overlaps with site	364

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Intertidal		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
tourism/recreation	-

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Isla Cristina and Ayamonte marshes and Prado lagoon. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1853 on 28/05/2023.