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Cinca river rice fields and steppe area


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List Season (year/s of estimate) Size IBA criteria
Common Crane Grus grus LC passage (1996) 300–2,000 birds A4i, B1i, C2
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus LC breeding (1996) 250–350 pairs A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus LC resident (1996) 15 pairs C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus LC winter (2006) min 17 birds C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus LC breeding (1996) 10–15 pairs C6
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster LC breeding (1996) 300 pairs B2

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial 90 Arable land
Wetlands (inland) 10 Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation

Land use

Land use % of IBA
hunting 100
agriculture 80


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cinca river rice fields and steppe area (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cinca-river-rice-fields-and-steppe-area-iba-spain on 25/12/2024.