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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
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1996	300-2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1996	250-350 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	resident	1996	15 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	winter	2006	min 17 individuals	C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	1996	10-15 breeding pairs	C6
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster	LC	breeding	1996	300 breeding pairs	B2

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

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	90
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
agriculture	80

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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 23/11/2024.