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El Hito


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 (2010) min 5,000 birds A4i, B1i, C2
Common Crane Grus grus LC winter (2003) 1,636–4,824 birds A4i, B1i, C2
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta LC passage (2010) min 500 birds C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta LC breeding (2003) min 31 pairs C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus LC passage (2010) min 1,400 birds B1i, C2, C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus LC breeding (2003) min 55 pairs C6
Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti VU resident (2010) min 14 males C6

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial 100 Arable land
Wetlands (inland) - Standing freshwater

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture 100
hunting -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: El Hito (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/el-hito-iba-spain on 24/12/2024.