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Campiña de Conil y Vejer de la Frontera


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2011 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax NT resident 2010 min 120 individuals A1, C1
Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii VU winter 2010 21-392 individuals A1, C1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1999 Río Salado de Conil Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 1
2015 Río salado de Conil Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC) 1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Campiña de Conil y Vejer de la Frontera (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/campiña-de-conil-y-vejer-de-la-frontera-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.