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 |
| White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala |
EN |
resident (2009) |
10 pairs |
A1, B1i, C1, C2 |
| Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax |
NT |
resident (2010) |
min 2,105 birds |
A1, B2, C1, C2 |
| Great Bustard Otis tarda |
EN |
resident (2010) |
min 131 birds |
A1, C1, C6 |
| Red Kite Milvus milvus |
LC |
winter (2009) |
190 birds |
A1, C1 |
| European Roller Coracias garrulus |
LC |
breeding (2007) |
min 50 pairs |
A1, C1, C2 |
| Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni |
LC |
breeding (2005) |
445 pairs |
B1iii, B2, C2, C6 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
26 |
Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves |
| Forest |
26 |
Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved evergreen woodland |
| Wetlands (inland) |
- |
Standing freshwater; Standing brackish and salt water; Water fringe vegetation |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
75 |
| hunting |
70 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ecija-Osuna plain (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ecija-osuna-plain-iba-spain on 25/12/2024.
