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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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala	EN	resident	2009	10 breeding pairs	A1, B1i, C1, C2
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax	NT	resident	2010	min 2,105 individuals	A1, B2, C1, C2
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident	2010	min 131 individuals	A1, C1, C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	winter	2009	190 individuals	A1, C1
European Roller Coracias garrulus	LC	breeding	2007	min 50 breeding pairs	A1, C1, C2
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	LC	breeding	2005	445 breeding pairs	B1iii, B2, C2, C6

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1989	Complejo Endorreico de la Lantejuela	Reserva Natural	<1
1999	Complejo Endorreico de La Lantejuela	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2002	Campiñas de Sevilla	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	57
2008	Campiñas de Sevilla	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	56
2017	Complejo Endorreico La Lantejuela	Natura 2000	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves	26
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest, Broadleaved evergreen woodland	26
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Standing brackish and salt water, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	75
hunting	70

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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 23/11/2024.