Data Zone
Country/territory: Spain
IBA criteria met: A1, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6 (2011)
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Area: 2,961 hectares (29.61 km2)
Site description (2000 baseline)
Formerly an area of marshland with only a few lagoons remaining. The main human activities are arable cultivation and hunting.
Key biodiversity
This is an important site for breeding waders, breeding and wintering herons and wintering ducks. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Aythya nyroca (five wintering individuals).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Almenara marshes (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/almenara-marshes-iba-spain on 24/12/2024.