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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
Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis	LC	resident	2009	present	C6
African Houbara Chlamydotis undulata	VU	resident	2006	16-59 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor	LC	resident	2006	min 30 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Berthelot's Pipit Anthus berthelotii	LC	resident	2009	present	B3
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus	LC	resident	2009	present	C6

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)
Los Ajaches	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,961	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Los Ajaches	Monumento Natural	2,961	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Llanos de La Mareta y cantil del Rubicón	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,395	protected area overlaps with site	2,395
Espacio marino de La Bocayna	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	83,413	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland		-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland	-
Desert	Semidesert	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
military	-
tourism/recreation	-
agriculture	-
hunting	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Plains of Mareta-Hoya de la Yegua. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1976 on 05/06/2023.