The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2002 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis |
LC |
winter (1992–2001) |
500–2,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus |
LC |
breeding (1993–2001) |
800–4,600 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus |
LC |
winter (1993–2001) |
5,000–10,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio |
LC |
resident (1992–2001) |
60–85 pairs |
C2, C6 |
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus |
LC |
breeding (1992–2001) |
10–15 pairs |
C2, C6 |
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea |
LC |
breeding (1992–2001) |
5–15 pairs |
C6 |
Great White Egret Ardea alba |
LC |
winter (1992–2001) |
11–106 birds |
C6 |
Little Egret Egretta garzetta |
LC |
winter (1992–2001) |
100–700 birds |
C6 |
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis |
LC |
winter (1992–2001) |
30–50 birds |
C6 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
resident (1992–2001) |
100–350 pairs |
C6 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
winter (1992–2001) |
300–700 birds |
C6 |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
breeding (1992–2001) |
50–300 pairs |
C6 |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
winter (1992–2001) |
20–260 birds |
C6 |
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei |
LC |
resident (1992–2001) |
2–3,000 pairs |
C2, C6 |
Little Tern Sternula albifrons |
LC |
breeding (1992–2001) |
150–400 pairs |
C2, C6 |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo |
LC |
breeding (1992–2001) |
60–180 pairs |
C6 |
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica |
LC |
breeding (1993–2001) |
12–100 pairs |
C6 |
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis |
LC |
winter (1992–2001) |
10–100 birds |
C6 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus |
LC |
resident (1995–2001) |
3–5 pairs |
C6 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus |
LC |
winter (1992–2001) |
30–70 birds |
C6 |