Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax |
NT |
resident (2010) |
min 655 birds |
A1, C1, C6 |
| Great Bustard Otis tarda |
EN |
resident (2010) |
min 87 birds |
A1, C1, C6 |
| Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
41 pairs |
C6 |
| Eurasian Thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus |
LC |
resident (1996) |
220 pairs |
B2, C6 |
| Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus |
LC |
breeding (2010) |
min 99 pairs |
B3, C2, C6 |
| European Bee-eater Merops apiaster |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
500 pairs |
B2 |
| European Roller Coracias garrulus |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
100 pairs |
A1, B2, C1, C2 |
| Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni |
LC |
breeding (2010) |
min 140 pairs |
B2, C2, C6 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
90 |
Highly improved re-seeded landscapes; Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves; Other urban and industrial areas; Ruderal land |
| Grassland |
- |
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland |
| Wetlands (inland) |
- |
Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
98 |
| hunting |
90 |
| urban/industrial/transport |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Córdoba countryside (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/córdoba-countryside-iba-spain on 24/12/2024.
